kernelclean

Clean old Ubuntu and Debian kernels easily.

By default purges all old kernels and related cruft, except the running and the two most recent kernels.

Usage

# interactive mode
kernelclean

# automatic mode (assume yes)
kernelclean -y

Sample run

runar@server:~$ sudo kernelclean

Running kernel:    3.13.0-43-generic 

Keeping kernels:   3.13.0-44-generic 
                   3.13.0-43-generic 

Purging packages:  linux-headers-3.13.0-39 
                   linux-headers-3.13.0-39-generic 
                   linux-headers-3.13.0-40 
                   linux-headers-3.13.0-40-generic 
                   linux-headers-3.13.0-41 
                   linux-headers-3.13.0-41-generic 
                   linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic 
                   linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic 
                   linux-image-3.13.0-39-generic 
                   linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic 
                   linux-image-3.13.0-41-generic 
                   linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic 
                   linux-image-extra-3.13.0-37-generic 
                   linux-image-extra-3.13.0-39-generic 
                   linux-image-extra-3.13.0-40-generic 
                   linux-image-extra-3.13.0-41-generic 

[Enter] to continue: 

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-headers-3.13.0-39* linux-headers-3.13.0-39-generic*
  linux-headers-3.13.0-40* linux-headers-3.13.0-40-generic*
  linux-headers-3.13.0-41* linux-headers-3.13.0-41-generic*
  linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic* linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic*
  linux-image-3.13.0-39-generic* linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic*
  linux-image-3.13.0-41-generic* linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic*
  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-37-generic* linux-image-extra-3.13.0-39-generic*
  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-40-generic* linux-image-extra-3.13.0-41-generic*

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Installation

Put the file kernelclean somewhere (like /usr/local/sbin) and make sure it is executable.

License

Licensed under the permissive MIT license. Feel free!