Removing old kernels with yum?

[Fritz Whittington]

On or about 2005-05-27 15:35, Truls Gulbrandsen whipped out a trusty #2 
pencil and scribbled:

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> Paul Howarth wrote:
> | WipeOut wrote:
> |
> |> Hi,
> |>
> |> How do I remove old kernels with yum??
> |>
> |> If I do a..
> |> # yum list "kernel*"
> |>
> |> I get..
> |> Installed Packages
> |> kernel.i686                              2.6.10-1.741_FC3       
> installed
> |> kernel.i686                              2.6.9-1.681_FC3        
> installed
> |> kernel.i686                              2.6.10-1.760_FC3       
> installed
> |> kernel.i686                              2.6.11-1.14_FC3        
> installed
> |> kernel.i686                              2.6.11-1.27_FC3        
> installed
> |> kernel.i686                              2.6.9-1.678_FC3        
> installed
> |> kernel.i686                              2.6.9-1.667            
> installed
> |> kernel.i686                              2.6.10-1.737_FC3       
> installed
> |> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.9-1.667            
> installed
> |> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.10-1.760_FC3       
> installed
> |> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.11-1.27_FC3        
> installed
> |> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.10-1.737_FC3       
> installed
> |> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.10-1.741_FC3       
> installed
> |> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.11-1.14_FC3        
> installed
> |> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.9-1.678_FC3        
> installed
> |> kernel-smp.i686                          2.6.9-1.681_FC3        
> installed
> |> kernel-utils.i386                        1:2.4-13.1.49_FC3      
> installed
> |>
> |> So if I try..
> |> # yum remove kernel.i686
> |> it wants to remove all of them..
> |>
> |> I have tried specifying the version a couple of ways but then it
> |> doesn't find anything to remove..
> |>
> |> So how do I do it?
> |
> |
> | Use rpm instead of yum:
> |
> | # rpm -e kernel-2.6.9-1.667 kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.667 ...
> |
> | Paul.
> |
> I also think you could try " yum remove kernel.i686* "  and " yum remove
> kernel-smp.i686*  "
>
> Truls

OTOH, you *will* get much better results if you put a \ in front of the 
asterisks. 

-- 
Fritz Whittington
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