On 09/08/2018 07:26 PM, Matthias Klumpp wrote: > Am Sa., 8. Sep. 2018 um 19:15 Uhr schrieb Heinrich Schuchardt > <heinrich.schucha...@gmx.de>: >> >> Package: apt-config-icons >> Version: 1.6.4 >> Severity: normal >> >> When updating my system with 'apt-get update' the largest part of the >> data volume (> 80%) is for icons: >> >> Get:35 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster/main DEP-11 48x48 Icons >> [3,592 kB] >> Get:36 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons >> [7,250 kB] >> Get:37 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian buster/main DEP-11 128x128 Icons >> [12.0 MB] >> Fetched 27.0 MB in 31s (875 kB/s) > > This bug is a duplicate. Pdiff support is quite difficult to implement > and would need support from APT and dak which doesn't exist, so I am > actually inclined to mark this issue as whishlist and maybe forwarding > it to APT. > But for now, marking it as dupe is enough. > > In any case, from your log it looks like you could *drastically* > reduce the amount of downloaded icons via > `apt purge apt-config-icons-large` > That way, you won't download the 128x128px icons. Keep in mind though > that in this case, the 128x128px icons may be fetched from Debian's > server individually when they are needed. > Unlike the smaller icons, the big ones aren's strictly required in the cache. > > Cheers, > Matthias > Hello Matthias,
I now uninstalled: $ sudo apt-get remove apt-config-icons Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: apt-config-icons apt-config-icons-large plasma-discover 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 2,365 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 333978 files and directories currently installed.) Removing plasma-discover (5.13.4-1) ... Removing apt-config-icons-large (0.12.2-2) ... Removing apt-config-icons (0.12.2-2) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.61) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-3) ... But this left me with these files: $ ls /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/60icons* /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/60icons /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/60icons-large They belong to packages that are not installed: $ apt-file search /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/60icons apt-config-icons: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/60icons apt-config-icons-hidpi: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/60icons-hidpi apt-config-icons-large: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/60icons-large apt-config-icons-large-hidpi: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/60icons-large-hidpi $ sudo apt-get remove apt-config-icons* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'apt-config-icons-large' for glob 'apt-config-icons*' Note, selecting 'apt-config-icons-large-hidpi' for glob 'apt-config-icons*' Note, selecting 'apt-config-icons-hidpi' for glob 'apt-config-icons*' Note, selecting 'apt-config-icons' for glob 'apt-config-icons*' Package 'apt-config-icons' is not installed, so not removed Package 'apt-config-icons-hidpi' is not installed, so not removed Package 'apt-config-icons-large' is not installed, so not removed Package 'apt-config-icons-large-hidpi' is not installed, so not removed 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Could it be that upgrading from Jessie to Buster does not delete these scripts? Best regards Heinrich
