Current Use Kernel is Also Listed as up for Removal

redir · 03-07-2018, 09:28 AM

I'm wondering if anyone can makes sense of this or help me understand better. I had some dependency issues which were the result of a full /boot directory so I started removing old headers and kernels. IT seams every time I clean it up and run a command to list it there are more to remove. But anyway can someone explain what this means?

Code:

myto@Inet:/var/www/mytotest$ uname -mrs
Linux 4.4.0-62-generic x86_64
myto@Inet:/var/www/mytotest$ dpkg --list | grep linux-image
pi  linux-image-4.4.0-116-generic       4.4.0-116.140                                            amd64        Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-4.4.0-62-generic        4.4.0-62.83                                              amd64        Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-image-4.4.0-79-generic        4.4.0-79.100                                             amd64        Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
pi  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-116-generic 4.4.0-116.140                                            amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-62-generic  4.4.0-62.83                                              amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-79-generic  4.4.0-79.100                                             amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
pi  linux-image-generic                 4.4.0.116.122                                            amd64        Generic Linux kernel image

What it looks like to me is that my current in use kernel is listed as safe to remove but if I remove it I'd be screwed right? Doesn't "ii" mean it's save to remove?

And if there are newer kernels listed why am I not using those? What does 'pi' mean?

Regards.

descendant_command · 03-08-2018, 01:57 AM

If you don't filter out the header, it will tell you.

Code:

$ dpkg --list linux-image-*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                 Version                 Architecture            Description
+++-====================================-=======================-=======================-=============================================================================
ii  linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64           3.16.51-3               amd64                   Linux 3.16 for 64-bit PCs
ii  linux-image-3.16.0-5-amd64           3.16.51-3+deb8u1        amd64                   Linux 3.16 for 64-bit PCs
ii  linux-image-amd64                    3.16+63+deb8u1          amd64                   Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)