[GLLUG] Managing space in disk.

[Sean Omalley]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Ben Chavez <ebcha1974 at hotmail.com>
> To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 12:11 PM
> Subject: [GLLUG] Managing space in disk.

> I really don't know in detail how that command works but I understand it
> would remove old headers and images from past kernels upgrades so after the
> command was done running I had 11 GB available. 

  

It runs dpkg -l 'kernel-*' The rest of it just looks for not the version you are running, and then purges it. 


Here is a more complete list geared towards Debian users, but can be useful for others as well. 


https://wiki.debian.org/FreeSpace

I usually use du after poking around areas that I already know can be problematic. 


Sean