#!/usr/bin/env bash # Copyright (c) 2021-2026 community-scripts ORG # Author: MickLesk # License: MIT # https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/LICENSE function header_info { clear cat <<"EOF" __ __ __ ________ / //_/__ _________ ___ / / / ____/ /__ ____ _____ / ,< / _ \/ ___/ __ \/ _ \/ / / / / / _ \/ __ `/ __ \ / /| / __/ / / / / / __/ / / /___/ / __/ /_/ / / / / /_/ |_\___/_/ /_/ /_/\___/_/ \____/_/\___/\__,_/_/ /_/ EOF } # Color variables YW="\033[33m" GN="\033[1;92m" RD="\033[01;31m" CL="\033[m" # Telemetry source <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/misc/api.func) 2>/dev/null || true declare -f init_tool_telemetry &>/dev/null && init_tool_telemetry "kernel-clean" "pve" # Detect current kernel current_kernel=$(uname -r) # Only list fully-installed (ii) versioned kernel packages; the pattern # proxmox-kernel-X.Y.Z matches versioned kernels while excluding the # two-segment meta-packages (proxmox-kernel-X.Y) and proxmox-kernel-helper. available_kernels=$(dpkg --list | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' | grep -E '^proxmox-kernel-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]' | grep -v "$current_kernel" | sort -V) header_info if [ -z "$available_kernels" ]; then echo -e "${GN}No old kernels detected. Current kernel: ${current_kernel}${CL}" exit 0 fi echo -e "${GN}Currently running kernel: ${current_kernel}${CL}" echo -e "${YW}Available kernels for removal:${CL}" echo "$available_kernels" | nl -w 2 -s '. ' echo -e "\n${YW}Select kernels to remove (e.g. 1,3 or 1-5 or 1-3,7):${CL}" read -r selected # Parse selection: supports single indices, ranges (e.g., 1-5), and combinations (e.g., 1,3-5,7) selected_indices=() IFS=',' read -r -a tokens <<<"$selected" for token in "${tokens[@]}"; do if [[ "$token" =~ ^([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)$ ]]; then for ((i = BASH_REMATCH[1]; i <= BASH_REMATCH[2]; i++)); do selected_indices+=("$i") done else selected_indices+=("$token") fi done kernels_to_remove=() for index in "${selected_indices[@]}"; do kernel=$(echo "$available_kernels" | sed -n "${index}p") if [ -n "$kernel" ]; then kernels_to_remove+=("$kernel") fi done if [ ${#kernels_to_remove[@]} -eq 0 ]; then echo -e "${RD}No valid selection made. Exiting.${CL}" exit 0 fi # Confirm removal echo -e "${YW}Kernels to be removed:${CL}" printf "%s\n" "${kernels_to_remove[@]}" read -rp "Proceed with removal? (y/n): " confirm if [[ "$confirm" != "y" ]]; then echo -e "${RD}Aborted.${CL}" exit 0 fi # Remove kernels for kernel in "${kernels_to_remove[@]}"; do echo -e "${YW}Removing $kernel...${CL}" # Derive the major.minor meta-package name (e.g. proxmox-kernel-6.14) # from a versioned name like proxmox-kernel-6.14.11-9-pve-signed. minor_version=$(echo "$kernel" | sed -E 's/^proxmox-kernel-([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\..*/\1/') meta="proxmox-kernel-${minor_version}" pkgs_to_remove=("$kernel") # Include the meta-package in the purge when it is installed and when # no other versioned kernel of the same minor version will remain # (the running kernel keeps it alive if it shares the same minor). if dpkg -l "$meta" 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^ii'; then remaining=$(dpkg --list | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' | grep -E "^proxmox-kernel-${minor_version}\." | grep -v "^${kernel}$" | wc -l) if [ "$remaining" -eq 0 ]; then pkgs_to_remove+=("$meta") fi fi if apt-get purge -y "${pkgs_to_remove[@]}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo -e "${GN}Successfully removed: ${pkgs_to_remove[*]}${CL}" else echo -e "${RD}Failed to remove: ${pkgs_to_remove[*]}. Check dependencies.${CL}" fi done # Clean up and update GRUB echo -e "${YW}Cleaning up...${CL}" apt-get autoremove -y >/dev/null 2>&1 && update-grub >/dev/null 2>&1 echo -e "${GN}Cleanup and GRUB update complete.${CL}"