CentOS8 で古いカーネルを削除する

CentOS7 までは yum-utils に含まれる package-cleanup を使うことで (残しておきたいカーネルの世代数を指定して) 不要になったカーネルを削除することが出来ました。

package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=1 -y

CentOS8 系ではパッケージ管理が yum から dnf へ変更されましたが、dnf-utils をインストールし、dnf-utils に含まれる package-cleanup の man を見ても --oldkernels オプションがありません。

PACKAGE-CLEANUP(1)                     dnf-plugins-core                    PACKAGE-CLEANUP(1)

NAME
       package-cleanup - clean up locally installed, duplicate, or orphaned packages.

       A DNF-based shim imitating the original YUM-based package-cleanup utility.

SYNOPSIS
       package-cleanup [options]

OPTIONS
       --leaves
              List  leaf  nodes  in the local RPM database.  Leaf nodes are RPMs that are not
              relied upon by any other RPM.  Maps to dnf repoquery --unneeded.

       --orphans
              List installed packages which  are  not  available  from  currently  configured
              repositories.  Maps to dnf repoquery --extras.

       --problems
              List  dependency  problems  in  the  local RPM database.  Maps to dnf repoquery
              --unsatisfied.

       --dupes
              Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database.  Maps to dnf repoquery  --dupli‐
              cates.

       --cleandupes
              Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database and clean out the older versions.
              Maps to dnf remove --duplicates.

EXAMPLES
       package-cleanup --problems
              List all dependency problems.

       package-cleanup --orphans
              List all packages that are not in any DNF repository.

       package-cleanup --cleandupes
              Remove all packages that have a duplicate installed.

AUTHOR
       See AUTHORS in your Core DNF Plugins distribution

COPYRIGHT
       2014, Red Hat, Licensed under GPLv2+

4.0.2.2                                  May 14, 2019                      PACKAGE-CLEANUP(1)

CentOS8 の場合は dnf-utils を追加しなくても、標準の dnf を以下のように実行することで (カーネルに限らず) 重複した古いバージョンのパッケージを削除することが出来ます。

dnf -y remove $(dnf repoquery --installonly --latest-limit=-1 -q)

参考

CentOS7 の man package-cleanup 実行結果

package-cleanup(1)                                                         package-cleanup(1)

NAME
       package-cleanup - clean up locally installed, duplicate, or orphaned packages

SYNOPSIS
       package-cleanup [options] <item ...>

DESCRIPTION
       package-cleanup is a program for cleaning up the locally-installed RPMs.

GENERAL OPTIONS
       -c <config file>
              Use alternative config file (default is /etc/yum.conf).

       -h, --help
              Help; display a help message and then quit.

       -q, --quiet
              Print out nothing unnecessary.

       -v, --version
              Report program version and exit.

       -y     Agree to anything asked.

       --leaves
              List  leaf  nodes  in the local RPM database.  Leaf nodes are RPMs that are not
              relied upon by any other RPM.

       --orphans
              List installed packages which  are  not  available  from  currently  configured
              repositories.  This is identical to "yum list extras", which may provide better
              output.

       --oldkernels
              Remove old kernel and kernel-devel packages.

       --problems
              List dependency problems in the local RPM database. If any problems  are  found
              it will exit with an exit code of 1.

       --dupes
              Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database.

       --cleandupes
              Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database and clean out the older versions.

       --removenewestdupes
              Remove the newest dupes instead of the oldest dupes when cleaning duplicates.

       --noscripts
              Disable rpm scriptlets from running when cleaning duplicates.

       --count <COUNT>
              Number of duplicate/kernel packages to keep on the system (default 2)

LEAVES OPTIONS
       --all  When listing leaf nodes also list leaf nodes that are not libraries.

       --leaf-regex
              A package name that matches this regular expression will be considered a leaf.

       --exclude-devel
              When listing leaf nodes do not list development packages.

       --exclude-bin
              When listing leaf nodes do not list packages with files in bin directories.

OLDKERNELS OPTIONS
       --keepdevel
              Do not remove kernel-devel packages when removing kernels

EXAMPLES
       List all dependency problems:
              package-cleanup --problems

       List all packages that are not in any Yum repository:
              package-cleanup --orphans

       Remove old kernels keeping 3 and leaving old kernel-devel packages installed:
              package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=3 --keepdevel

       List  all leaf packages with no files in a bin directory whose name begins with either
       'perl' or 'python':
              package-cleanup --leaves --exclude-bin --leaf-regex="^(perl)|(python)"

FILES
       As package-cleanup uses YUM libraries for retrieving all the information, it relies on
       YUM  configuration  for its default values like which repositories to use. Consult YUM
       documentation for details:

       /etc/yum.conf
       /etc/yum/repos.d/
       /var/cache/yum/

SEE ALSO
       yum.conf (5)
       http://yum.baseurl.org/

AUTHORS
       See the Authors file included with this program.

BUGS
       There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should first consult the FAQ
       section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq and if unsuccessful in finding a resolution
       contact  the  mailing  list:  yum-devel@lists.baseurl.org.   To   file   a   bug   use
       http://bugzilla.redhat.com     for     Fedora/RHEL/Centos     related     bugs     and
       http://yum.baseurl.org/report for all other bugs.

Gijs Hollestelle                       03 November 2005                    package-cleanup(1)