dpkg lists uninstalled kernels

Question

I have run the following command to remove old kernels:

dpkg -l 'linux-*' | sed '/^ii/!d;/'"$(uname -r | sed "s/\(.*\)-\([^0-9]\+\)/\1/")"'/d;s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* \([^ ]*\).*/\1/;/[0-9]/!d' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge

and only the current kernel is now installed, which I have confirmed in synaptic and by checking my boot partition. However, when I run:

dpkg --list | grep linux-image

I get the following response:

rc  linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic                         3.13.0-30.55                                        amd64        Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic                         3.13.0-32.57                                        amd64        Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-3.13.0-34-generic                         3.13.0-34.60                                        amd64        Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-30-generic                   3.13.0-30.55                                        amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic                   3.13.0-32.57                                        amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-34-generic                   3.13.0-34.60                                        amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-generic                                   3.13.0.34.40                                        amd64        Generic Linux kernel image

Probably not a problem, but just wondering why versions -30 and -32 are reported as present?

I wonder why purge does not remove config files. -33 seems to have been fully purged. — Tony Martin, Aug 20 '14 at 21:37
Have you rebooted since running the purge command? I think sometimes the config files don't get cleaned up until reboot — steeldriver, Aug 20 '14 at 21:54
A few times, but still lingering. It occurs to me that I installed network card driver modules for the first two kernels I ran. Haven't needed them since the third iteration. I wonder if that's the configuration that remains... — Tony Martin, Aug 21 '14 at 03:59

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 26 '16 at 22:50

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The answer is indeed in the first two letters of the line. The first column is a desired state and the second column is a current state. Relevant to this list is:

i = installed
r = remove(d)
c = config files

Thanks to steeldriver for directing my attention.

edited Nov 26 '16 at 22:50

Zanna

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answered Aug 20 '14 at 21:36

Tony Martin

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dpkg lists uninstalled kernels

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