Bug 1226812 - "zypper purge-kernels" did not work for me in Leap 15.5 or Leap 15.6
Summary: "zypper purge-kernels" did not work for me in Leap 15.5 or Leap 15.6
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1226811
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Product: openSUSE Distribution
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Version: Leap 15.6
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: openSUSE Kernel Bugs
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Reported: 2024-06-22 14:02 UTC by Lawrence Somerville
Modified: 2024-06-22 14:42 UTC (History)
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Description Lawrence Somerville 2024-06-22 14:02:29 UTC 
My 64-bit, openSUSE, Leap, Linux operating systems reported here were "guest" operating systems in Oracle Corporation VM (Virtual "Machine") VirtualBox 7.0.18 r162988 (Qt5.15.2).

In Leap 15.5 on June 19, 2024:

linux-hdi0:/home/newbie # zypper purge-kernels
Reading installed packages...

Preparing to purge obsolete kernels...
Configuration: latest,latest-1,running
Running kernel release: 5.14.21-150500.55.65-default
Running kernel arch: x86_64

Resolving package dependencies...

The following 18 packages are going to be REMOVED:
  kernel-default-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1 kernel-default-5.14.21-150500.55.52.1
  kernel-default-5.14.21-150500.55.59.1
  kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1
  kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.52.1
  kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.59.1
  kernel-default-extra-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1
  kernel-default-extra-5.14.21-150500.55.52.1
  kernel-default-extra-5.14.21-150500.55.59.1
  kernel-default-optional-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1
  kernel-default-optional-5.14.21-150500.55.52.1
  kernel-default-optional-5.14.21-150500.55.59.1
  kernel-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1 kernel-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.52.1
  kernel-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 kernel-source-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1
  kernel-source-5.14.21-150500.55.52.1 kernel-source-5.14.21-150500.55.59.1

18 packages to remove.
After the operation, 4.1 GiB will be freed.

Backend:  classic_rpmtrans
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
error: package kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1.x86_64 is not installed
( 1/18) Removing kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1.x86_64 .....[error]
Removal of (868)kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1.x86_64(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): a
Problem occurred during or after installation or removal of packages:
Installation has been aborted as directed.
Please see the above error message for a hint.
linux-hdi0:/home/newbie #

linux-hdi0:/home/newbie # uname -a
Linux linux-hdi0.site 5.14.21-150500.55.65-default #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu May 23 04:57:11 UTC 2024 (a46829d) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
linux-hdi0:/home/newbie # 

In Leap 15.6 on June 19 or 20, 2024:

newbie@linux-hdi0:~> su
Password: 
linux-hdi0:/home/newbie # zypper purge-kernels
Reading installed packages...

Preparing to purge obsolete kernels...
Configuration: latest,latest-1,running
Running kernel release: 6.4.0-150600.21-default
Running kernel arch: x86_64

Resolving package dependencies...

The following 24 packages are going to be REMOVED:
  kernel-default-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1 kernel-default-5.14.21-150500.55.52.1
  kernel-default-5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 kernel-default-5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
  kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1
  kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.52.1
  kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.59.1
  kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
  kernel-default-extra-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1
  kernel-default-extra-5.14.21-150500.55.52.1
  kernel-default-extra-5.14.21-150500.55.59.1
  kernel-default-extra-5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
  kernel-default-optional-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1
  kernel-default-optional-5.14.21-150500.55.52.1
  kernel-default-optional-5.14.21-150500.55.59.1
  kernel-default-optional-5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
  kernel-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1 kernel-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.52.1
  kernel-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 kernel-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
  kernel-source-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1 kernel-source-5.14.21-150500.55.52.1
  kernel-source-5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 kernel-source-5.14.21-150500.55.62.2

24 packages to remove.
After the operation, 5.5 GiB will be freed.

Backend:  classic_rpmtrans
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
error: package kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1.x86_64 is not installed
( 1/24) Removing kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1.x86_64 .....[error]
Removal of (877)kernel-default-devel-5.14.21-150500.55.49.1.x86_64(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Command exited with status 1.
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a):  a
Problem occurred during or after installation or removal of packages:
Installation has been aborted as directed.
Please see the above error message for a hint.
linux-hdi0:/home/newbie #  uname -a
Linux linux-hdi0.site 6.4.0-150600.21-default #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu May 16 11:09:22 UTC 2024 (36c1e09) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
linux-hdi0:/home/newbie #
Comment 1 hui 2024-06-22 14:42:32 UTC 
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1226811 ***