You cn remove anything that's not for the current kernel version. One of my biggest nitpicks with Ubuntu is that it doesn't do that automatically. Like David said, it's not a bad idea to leave the headers in there. On Thu, 20 Feb 2014, paul g wrote: > I have a computer running Ubuntu 10.04 and have removed most of the images > using the following command in bash sudo aptitude search linux-image | > grep -E "^i" > > then I updated grub, > > I pulled a dpkg -l |less command and here are the results. > > ri linux-headers-2.6.32-45 > 2.6.32-45.104 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-45-generic > 2.6.32-45.104 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-46 > 2.6.32-46.108 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-46-generic > 2.6.32-46.108 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-47 > 2.6.32-47.109 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-47-generic > 2.6.32-47.109 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-48 > 2.6.32-48.110 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-48-generic > 2.6.32-48.110 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-49 > 2.6.32-49.111 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-49-generic > 2.6.32-49.111 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-50 > 2.6.32-50.112 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-50-generic > 2.6.32-50.112 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-51 > 2.6.32-51.113 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-51-generic > 2.6.32-51.113 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-52 > 2.6.32-52.114 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-52-generic > 2.6.32-52.114 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-53 > 2.6.32-53.115 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-53-generic > 2.6.32-53.115 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-54 > 2.6.32-54.116 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-54-generic > 2.6.32-54.116 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-55 > 2.6.32-55.117 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-55-generic > 2.6.32-55.117 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-56 > 2.6.32-56.118 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-56-generic > 2.6.32-56.118 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-57 > 2.6.32-57.119 Header files related to > Linux kernel version 2.6.32 > ii linux-headers-2.6.32-57-generic > 2.6.32-57.119 Linux kernel headers for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ > ii linux-headers-generic > 2.6.32.57.64 Generic Linux kernel headers > ii linux-image-2.6.32-55-generic > 2.6.32-55.117 Linux kernel image for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_64 > ii linux-image-2.6.32-56-generic > 2.6.32-56.118 Linux kernel image for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_64 > ii linux-image-2.6.32-57-generic > 2.6.32-57.119 Linux kernel image for > version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_64 > : > please help > > note the ri preceding the linux-headers-2.6.32-45 > > Do I need to keep the headers on the computer in order to continue to > operate the programs I have installed. > > Thank You. > >