Clean Up Unneeded Installation Packages for Debian


apt-get clean

When packages are downloaded and installed using apt, the .deb files are left behind in /var/cache/apt/archives/. Over time, you can take up a lot of disk space with those unnecessary installers. To remove all of the unneeded .deb files, use apt-get clean (once again, this command is run as root):

$  ls -1 /var/cache/apt/archives/ fuse-utils_2.3.0-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb libfuse2_2.3.0-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb lock partial/ sshfs_1.1-1_i386.deb #  apt-get clean $  ls -1 /var/cache/apt/archives/ lock partial/ 


If a download is interrupted for whatever reason, you might find a partial .deb file in /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/. If you know that all of the updates and upgrades are complete and installed, it's safe to delete the contents of that directory, should you find anything in it.



Linux Phrasebook
Linux Phrasebook
ISBN: 0672328380
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Year: 2007
Pages: 288

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