Originally Posted by Pantherman

Can I just delete the Linux-headers-2.6.27-7 and Linux-headers-2.6.27-9 without corrupting or breaking anything?

Originally Posted by jailbait

Yes. However if you are using a package manager you can end up with the package manager data base being out of synch with what is actually installed. I suggest that you go into your package manager and delete every Linux-header package except the one that corresponds to the kernel you are currently using. You can find out what kernel you are currently using with the uname command:

uname -r

If you have old kernel headers then you may also have old kernels. Check your kernel packages for unneeded kernels.

If you want more detail then tell us what distribution and what package manager you are using.

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Steve Stites

Originally Posted by Pantherman

uname -r returns: 2.6.27-11-generic as the kernel that I'm running, would I still need Linux-headers-2.6.27-11 then?

Originally Posted by Pantherman

I am running Ubuntu 8.10 with a graphical add/remove program that was installed as part of the system, I assume that it's a graphical front-end for the Synaptic Package Manager.

Originally Posted by jailbait

Yes.



OK. You can use Synaptic to search for different package types. Click on "Search" and type in what you are searching for. On Debian the package is called linux-kernel-headers so a search on linux-kernel produces the desired result. On Ubuntu you can probably search on similar keywords. If you are not sure what a package is click on the package name, then click on "properties", then click on "description" to get an explanation of what the package is.

Once you get the list you can tick on the green box beside each package you want to delete and click on "Mark for removal". When you have ticked everything you want then click on "Apply". A pop-up window will appear and you click on "Apply" again.

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Steve Stites