--- Angus Auld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:22:38 -0800 (PST) > From: Angus Auld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: /var/archive > To: Tony van der Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > --- Tony van der Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've just moved to Debian Etch from 10 years on > > Mandriva, so a bit of a > > newbie here. > > > > Can anyone tell me what significance /var/archives > > has? I have a 1.25 GB > > /var partition, which always used to be plenty, > but > > archives is now eating > > up 1.05 GB, so I'll have to move (or preferably > > delete) it. > > > > Any advice, please? > > > > Cheers, Tony > > -- > > Tony van der Hoff | > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Buckinghamshire, England > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can config your package manager to delete packages after downloading and installing. I am new to Debian as well, also after many years of using Mandrake/Mandriva. Debian must be configed by default to store packages after downloading/installing. I use apt-get/synaptic, and find it to be a very easy to use and robust manager. In the preferences you can config to delete after the download/install. I am using a Debian Etch based distro called Dreamlinux, and I am thus far very impressed with the stability and power that Debian offers. Best regards.
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