removing redudant kernal libraries after kernal reinstallation
I'm learning to administer a VPS which has an openVZ kernel (= go easy...). I thought I'd attempt to load a missing kernal module by reinstalling my kernel with:
sudo apt-get install -y linux-image-$(uname -r)
Not only did that fail to get the module I needed, my disk usage doubled. My VPS host admin loaded the module in the host kernel which solved that issue. But now I have 8+GB of redundant OS libraries for Ubuntu 18.04. How can i remove these redundant libraries? apt auto-remove didn't help.
Besides starting from scratch, would appreciate suggestions how one can reclaim the 8+GB of SSD space I carelessly lost!
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I'm learning to administer a VPS which has an openVZ kernel (= go easy...). I thought I'd attempt to load a missing kernal module by reinstalling my kernel with:
sudo apt-get install -y linux-image-$(uname -r)
Not only did that fail to get the module I needed, my disk usage doubled. My VPS host admin loaded the module in the host kernel which solved that issue. But now I have 8+GB of redundant OS libraries for Ubuntu 18.04. How can i remove these redundant libraries? apt auto-remove didn't help.
Besides starting from scratch, would appreciate suggestions how one can reclaim the 8+GB of SSD space I carelessly lost!
ubuntu vps openvz linux-kernel
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This question came from our site for system and network administrators.
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I'm learning to administer a VPS which has an openVZ kernel (= go easy...). I thought I'd attempt to load a missing kernal module by reinstalling my kernel with:
sudo apt-get install -y linux-image-$(uname -r)
Not only did that fail to get the module I needed, my disk usage doubled. My VPS host admin loaded the module in the host kernel which solved that issue. But now I have 8+GB of redundant OS libraries for Ubuntu 18.04. How can i remove these redundant libraries? apt auto-remove didn't help.
Besides starting from scratch, would appreciate suggestions how one can reclaim the 8+GB of SSD space I carelessly lost!
ubuntu vps openvz linux-kernel
I'm learning to administer a VPS which has an openVZ kernel (= go easy...). I thought I'd attempt to load a missing kernal module by reinstalling my kernel with:
sudo apt-get install -y linux-image-$(uname -r)
Not only did that fail to get the module I needed, my disk usage doubled. My VPS host admin loaded the module in the host kernel which solved that issue. But now I have 8+GB of redundant OS libraries for Ubuntu 18.04. How can i remove these redundant libraries? apt auto-remove didn't help.
Besides starting from scratch, would appreciate suggestions how one can reclaim the 8+GB of SSD space I carelessly lost!
ubuntu vps openvz linux-kernel
ubuntu vps openvz linux-kernel
asked Dec 30 '18 at 22:53
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You should be able to just uninstall the package, but before you do, please read the rest of the answer.
If the command you provided in your question ran without an error message, you didn't reinstall your actual kernel but installed another one (that isn't used now).
If you just run apt-get install on an already installed package you get the following output:
linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic is already the newest version (4.4.0-137.163)
and apt-get does nothing. Since it installed something on your server, it must be a package that wasn't installed before.
So, to make absolutely sure you are not uninstalling your current kernel, run the following:
$ dpkg -S /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-137-generic
This let's dpkg search for the package that contains the currently running kernel (based on the filename in /boot).
In my case the package name is linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic, for your virtual server it most probably will be different.
If this package name differs from the package you installed earlier, you can safely uninstall the unwanted package.
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-$(uname -r)
running sudo apt-get autoremove afterwards should take care of all dependencies.
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You should be able to just uninstall the package, but before you do, please read the rest of the answer.
If the command you provided in your question ran without an error message, you didn't reinstall your actual kernel but installed another one (that isn't used now).
If you just run apt-get install on an already installed package you get the following output:
linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic is already the newest version (4.4.0-137.163)
and apt-get does nothing. Since it installed something on your server, it must be a package that wasn't installed before.
So, to make absolutely sure you are not uninstalling your current kernel, run the following:
$ dpkg -S /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-137-generic
This let's dpkg search for the package that contains the currently running kernel (based on the filename in /boot).
In my case the package name is linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic, for your virtual server it most probably will be different.
If this package name differs from the package you installed earlier, you can safely uninstall the unwanted package.
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-$(uname -r)
running sudo apt-get autoremove afterwards should take care of all dependencies.
answered 2 days ago
Gerald SchneiderGerald Schneider
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You should be able to just uninstall the package, but before you do, please read the rest of the answer.
If the command you provided in your question ran without an error message, you didn't reinstall your actual kernel but installed another one (that isn't used now).
If you just run apt-get install on an already installed package you get the following output:
linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic is already the newest version (4.4.0-137.163)
and apt-get does nothing. Since it installed something on your server, it must be a package that wasn't installed before.
So, to make absolutely sure you are not uninstalling your current kernel, run the following:
$ dpkg -S /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-137-generic
This let's dpkg search for the package that contains the currently running kernel (based on the filename in /boot).
In my case the package name is linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic, for your virtual server it most probably will be different.
If this package name differs from the package you installed earlier, you can safely uninstall the unwanted package.
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-$(uname -r)
running sudo apt-get autoremove afterwards should take care of all dependencies.
answered 2 days ago
Gerald SchneiderGerald Schneider
373314
add a comment |
You should be able to just uninstall the package, but before you do, please read the rest of the answer.
If the command you provided in your question ran without an error message, you didn't reinstall your actual kernel but installed another one (that isn't used now).
If you just run apt-get install on an already installed package you get the following output:
linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic is already the newest version (4.4.0-137.163)
and apt-get does nothing. Since it installed something on your server, it must be a package that wasn't installed before.
So, to make absolutely sure you are not uninstalling your current kernel, run the following:
$ dpkg -S /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-137-generic
This let's dpkg search for the package that contains the currently running kernel (based on the filename in /boot).
In my case the package name is linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic, for your virtual server it most probably will be different.
If this package name differs from the package you installed earlier, you can safely uninstall the unwanted package.
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-$(uname -r)
running sudo apt-get autoremove afterwards should take care of all dependencies.
answered 2 days ago
Gerald SchneiderGerald Schneider
373314
You should be able to just uninstall the package, but before you do, please read the rest of the answer.
If the command you provided in your question ran without an error message, you didn't reinstall your actual kernel but installed another one (that isn't used now).
If you just run apt-get install on an already installed package you get the following output:
linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic is already the newest version (4.4.0-137.163)
and apt-get does nothing. Since it installed something on your server, it must be a package that wasn't installed before.
So, to make absolutely sure you are not uninstalling your current kernel, run the following:
$ dpkg -S /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r`
linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-137-generic
This let's dpkg search for the package that contains the currently running kernel (based on the filename in /boot).
In my case the package name is linux-image-4.4.0-137-generic, for your virtual server it most probably will be different.
If this package name differs from the package you installed earlier, you can safely uninstall the unwanted package.
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-$(uname -r)
running sudo apt-get autoremove afterwards should take care of all dependencies.
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answered 2 days ago
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