Control: reassign -1 linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 $ apt-cache policy linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64: Installed: 3.2.60-1+deb7u3 Candidate: 3.2.60-1+deb7u3 Version table: *** 3.2.60-1+deb7u3 0 700 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.2.57-3 0 700 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages Still present on my machine.