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Joel

Member

From: Tijuana, BC, México

Registered: 2011-12-21

Posts: 122

Kernel + virtualbox updates and leftovers

Hi all:

I dont know if there's a therm for this one, but I've notice that in the partition where is archlinux installed is getting bigger. I cleanup the cache, remove orphan packages and uninstall unused packages. System is ok, no crashes but reading around seems that in every kernel update + virtualbox module rebuild, the old one is left behind...my question is this true? If so..is there an utility to cleanup or remove old kernel leftovers so for the old modules to keep my partition slim as possible? You know like a fresh installation Thanks.

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* PC: Intel Core 2 DUO E6550 @ 2.33 GHz with 2 GB RAM: Archlinux-i686 with xfce4.
* Laptop: Intel Core 2 DUO T6600 @ 2.20 GHz with 4 GB RAM: Archlinux-x86-64 with xfce4.
* AUR contributor.

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,231

Re: Kernel + virtualbox updates and leftovers

On a normal installation, kernels and modules are removed when the packages are upgraded. If you're using dkms, the old modules will probably be left behind (not sure)

Joel

Member

From: Tijuana, BC, México

Registered: 2011-12-21

Posts: 122

Re: Kernel + virtualbox updates and leftovers

I would add to my post that I'm using the official repos, not unofficial/custom builds or repos.

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* PC: Intel Core 2 DUO E6550 @ 2.33 GHz with 2 GB RAM: Archlinux-i686 with xfce4.
* Laptop: Intel Core 2 DUO T6600 @ 2.20 GHz with 4 GB RAM: Archlinux-x86-64 with xfce4.
* AUR contributor.