I have a computer running Ubuntu 10.04 and have removed most of the images using the following command in bash sudo aptitude search linux-image | grep -E "^i" then I updated grub, I pulled a dpkg -l |less command and here are the results. ri linux-headers-2.6.32-45 2.6.32-45.104 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-45-generic 2.6.32-45.104 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-2.6.32-46 2.6.32-46.108 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-46-generic 2.6.32-46.108 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-2.6.32-47 2.6.32-47.109 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-47-generic 2.6.32-47.109 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-2.6.32-48 2.6.32-48.110 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-48-generic 2.6.32-48.110 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-2.6.32-49 2.6.32-49.111 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-49-generic 2.6.32-49.111 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-2.6.32-50 2.6.32-50.112 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-50-generic 2.6.32-50.112 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-2.6.32-51 2.6.32-51.113 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-51-generic 2.6.32-51.113 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-2.6.32-52 2.6.32-52.114 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-52-generic 2.6.32-52.114 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-2.6.32-53 2.6.32-53.115 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-53-generic 2.6.32-53.115 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-2.6.32-54 2.6.32-54.116 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-54-generic 2.6.32-54.116 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-2.6.32-55 2.6.32-55.117 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-55-generic 2.6.32-55.117 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-2.6.32-56 2.6.32-56.118 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-56-generic 2.6.32-56.118 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-2.6.32-57 2.6.32-57.119 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6.32 ii linux-headers-2.6.32-57-generic 2.6.32-57.119 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_ ii linux-headers-generic 2.6.32.57.64 Generic Linux kernel headers ii linux-image-2.6.32-55-generic 2.6.32-55.117 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_64 ii linux-image-2.6.32-56-generic 2.6.32-56.118 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_64 ii linux-image-2.6.32-57-generic 2.6.32-57.119 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_64 : please help note the ri preceding the linux-headers-2.6.32-45 Do I need to keep the headers on the computer in order to continue to operate the programs I have installed. Thank You. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20140220/7a51f222/attachment.html>