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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>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"<br><br>then I updated grub,<br><br>I pulled a dpkg -l |less command and here are the results.<br><br>ri  linux-headers-2.6.32-45              2.6.32-45.104                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-45-generic      2.6.32-45.104                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-46              2.6.32-46.108                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-46-generic      2.6.32-46.108                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-47              2.6.32-47.109                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-47-generic      2.6.32-47.109                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-48              2.6.32-48.110                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-48-generic      2.6.32-48.110                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-49              2.6.32-49.111                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-49-generic      2.6.32-49.111                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-50              2.6.32-50.112                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-50-generic      2.6.32-50.112                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-51              2.6.32-51.113                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-51-generic      2.6.32-51.113                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-52              2.6.32-52.114                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-52-generic      2.6.32-52.114                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-53              2.6.32-53.115                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-53-generic      2.6.32-53.115                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-54              2.6.32-54.116                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-54-generic      2.6.32-54.116                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-55              2.6.32-55.117                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-55-generic      2.6.32-55.117                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-56              2.6.32-56.118                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-56-generic      2.6.32-56.118                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-57              2.6.32-57.119                                   Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32<br>ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-57-generic      2.6.32-57.119                                   Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_<br>ii  linux-headers-generic                2.6.32.57.64                                    Generic Linux kernel headers<br>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<br>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<br>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<br>:<br>please help <br><br>note the ri   preceding the linux-headers-2.6.32-45  <br><br>Do I need to keep the headers on the computer in order to continue to operate the programs I have installed.<br><br>Thank You.<br>                                    </div></body>
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