purge-old-kernels - safe way to remove old

kernels
System

Every month are new kernel updates, bug fixes and patches security system. If you regularly
update your system, then your system gradually accumulates more the number of unused old
kernels.
Thus, it is likely that the boot partition /boot on the hard drive will be filled in a certain period of
time. If your /boot partition is full, you will not be able to upgrade, or can't even do a kernel
upgrade to any latest available version. In this case, it is very important to regularly update the
kernel and software. For this you must have enough free space in the /boot partition. To system to
function correctly, you must have enough free space on the /boot and /root partitions.
We can easily remove the accumulated system cache, unwanted packages and dependencies using
the following commands:
Terminal Shekin@mypc~$

sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt-get autoclean

But the problem is that this works only if the kernel was installed automatically, or if you installed
them using the Update Manager. Using these commands will not delete the kernel manually
installed. However, you can use some third-party programs such as Ubuntu Tweak (This project is
no longer under maintenance) for the safe disposal of unused cores, packages and their
dependencies that are no longer needed. But Ubuntu Tweak is a graphical program which cannot
be used on servers without a graphical mode.
One of the developers of Ubuntu, Dustin Kirkland, responsible for the development and the
product strategy was created utility purge-old-kernels, which is the safest way removes from the
system the unused kernel packages of desktop and server systems, Ubuntu and therefore Linux
Mint.
Installation latest version into Linux Mint:
Terminal Shekin@mypc~$

sudo apt-get install -y bikeshed byobu

Now, to remove old, unused kernels, run in terminal the following command:
Terminal Shekin@mypc~$

sudo purge-old-kernels

If there is no older kernels in your system, this utility will display the following message:

The safety of the use of this utility is that it will never remove the last installed kernel, or rather,
utility purge-old-kernels removes all the unused kernels, except for the last TWO - the current
and the previous. But the user can override this value using the option --keep.
For example, to remove all old kernels except the 3 last, run the following command:
Terminal Shekin@mypc~$

sudo purge-old-kernels --keep 3 -qy

For more information about purge-old-kernels, see the user manual:

Terminal Shekin@mypc~$

man purge-old-kernels

Good Luck!!!