On Mon 06 Feb 2017 at 00:16:57 (-0500), Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: [...] > Where are you seeing packages deleted from? I'm THRILLED you're > instead having to go to /var/cache/apt/archives because that means > maybe my horde of dotDebs is still safe from some default. Then again, [...] > first came to mind upon reading that message I saw. People in my Shoes > don't have the luxury of just hopping into the car any ol' time of day > or night and running down to the library or wherever to gain Internet > access long enough to replenish whatever was zapped by any not well > known default setting. > > Yeah, /var/cache/apt/archives is exactly where I thought things were > going to start being deleted. In my case, that's a humongous directory > specifically k/t the fear of being cut off if I don't have the right > backup package to fix accidental breakage and/or deletions. I just > (manually) thinned that directory out a little, i.e. several thousand > files, but it would still be embarrassing to brandish publicly after > its recent diet. *grin*
If you're worried about losing your .deb files, just copy them (as a user) or move them (as root) anywhere else, depending on how much storage you have. Using any of the -i -n -u options will avoid unnecessary overwriting. Cheers, David.
