Just out of interest and to try and learn something, I recently compiled/installed the 2.6.20.3 kernel and now want to uninstall it and any files this process placed around the system. How do I best do this?

One of the reasons I want to uninstall it is that I checked the used/free disk space on my HD and found that around 5.5 GB of my 6.6 GB Root partition is being used. /usr is quite large and I wondered if the kernel install put files in there, it's 3.3 - 4 GB, depending on which app I use to get the information. The only other big thing I've installed is Dropline Gnome.

Maybe a kernel install doesn't put files in /usr at all but I can't seem to find this sort of information and just want to free up some space if I can. Even if the kernel install doesn't put files in /usr I would still like to know how to uninstall it.

Cheers.

you can remove files in:
- /usr/src/linux-2.6.20.3
- /lib/modules/2.6.20.3
- /boot/*2.6.20.3.*

Thanks, I thought I might have to do - make uninstall, or some such thing. There is no /usr/src/linux-2.6.20.3 though, I compiled from a folder in my /home folder and the source is still there.

Maybe my /usr folder size is typical then, how big is yours?

You can also remove the kernel by using the pkgtool.

As root:

It will look something like this:

http://www.sdconsult.no/linux/instal...e-pkgtool1.png

Navigate down to "Remove packages that are currently installed." You'll see an alphabetical listing of all installed packages. Make SURE that you only tick off removal of the particular kernel you're speaking of here. Don't inadvertently remove your booted kernel.

Luck!

Ah, thanks. I didn't realise I could do that with something I'd compiled, I thought it had to be a slackpkg to be able to use the tool to unistall it.

I will make every effort to avoid doing that...

Cheers.

Whoops! A compiled kernel? I should read the posts a little better, huh? I'm not sure if you can use pkgtool for a compiled kernel. You can try it. If it's listed, you should be able to remove it. If it's not listed, no harm in trying.

Luck!

~Eric

Heh, no, it's not listed. Had a good browse through my installed packages though.

Oh well, sorry 'bout that. Willysr's method will work fine, though. Yeah. Pkgtool is a handy app to remember.

Hey, no problem. BTW, how big is /usr on your Slackware install?

Hang on. I'm in Ubuntu right now. Let me mount that partition and I'll let you know...

156062 items, totalling 2.3 GB

Right, thanks for that.

4 GB for/usr doesn't sound too out of the ordinary for s fairly complete install, especially if you have GNOME in there. My /usr directory is 9.2 GB currently.

If it is that much of a problem, your best bet is to simply browse through the installed packages and pull out anything you aren't using. Especially relatively large applications, like the GIMP.

Since you compiled the kernel in your /home directory, it shouldn't have placed anything under /usr. So everything under there must be from installed applications.

Wow!

Got just over 1 GB free space left on that partition so not at crisis point yet, looks like I'm going to need a new and bigger hard drive though.

Right, thanks for your reply.