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Removing backport kernel packages

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http://www.linuxquestions.org – In trying to get something else working, I installed a newer version of the kernel from backports (I'm on 2.6.26 lenny and the backport kernel is 2.6.32). That failed, so I want to remove the backport kernel completely. I tried: Code: aptitude remove linux-headers-2.6.32-bpo.5-686 linux-headers-2.6.32-bpo.5-comm linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.5-686 and got: Code: ... Remove the following packages: linux-headers-2.6-686 linux-image-2.6-686 Score is 188 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] I don't really understand how these metapackages work and I don't want to accidentally remove my currently-wor (HowTos)

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