[solved] Many Rec. Mode options after upgrade. Is it normal?

[adido]

Hello everyone,

Every once in a while Debian asks me for upgrades which add another Recovery Mode option in the startup screen. I'm not sure what this is and if it's normal.

The sources list is set to contrib, non-free.

I've uploaded an image that better explains the situation - http://imgur.com/ByVShOT

Thank you,
Adrian

[dilberts_left_nut]

Yes that's normal, the old kernels are not removed automatically.
Once you are happy that the new one does everything expected you can remove the ones you are not using.

[gregor3000]

you can remove them using apt-get autoremove

but it's good to keep them just in case.....

also I think they get removed after certain number.

[dilberts_left_nut]

No you should't use autoremove.
It removes anything that is auto-installed and not currently required by another package.

It won't remove anything you have explicitly installed and could well remove a lot of stuff you think should remain.
Much better to remove them by name, with apt-get or aptitude or synaptic or such.

[adido]

Many thanks!

I've used autoremove once and I won't be doing that again soon. Luckily, I had a list of the removed packages at hand to start re-installing needed apps, fonts etc.

[gregor3000]

from apt-get man page
http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man. ... ry=apt-get

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       autoremove
           autoremove is used to remove packages that were automatically
           installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are now no
           longer needed.

either this is written badly or the command does more than it should.

[dilberts_left_nut]

No, it does exactly what it says.
People seem to not understand what "no longer needed" means.