On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 08:17:24PM +0530, Sharninder wrote:
> It's a silly question but i don't know where to ask. What's the use
> of all the files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. They all
> seem to be debs of any package that i have installed in my comp.
> ever.
It's handy so you don't
On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 15:47, Sharninder wrote:
> What's the use
> of all the files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory.
They are an archive/cache of the debs you installed :) to save you the
trouble of downloading again should you not have made up your mind if
you want them installed.
See man
That's preciselly what it does, it keeps all the deb files you've downloaded.
If you don't need them, you can use "apt-get clean" or "apt-get autoclean".
Read the apt-get man page for more details.
Ronald
On Sunday 02 March 2003 15:47, Sharninder wrote:
> hi,
> It's a silly question but i don
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 08:17:24PM +0530, Sharninder wrote:
> It's a silly question but i don't know where to ask. What's the use
> of all the files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. They all
> seem to be debs of any package that i have installed in my comp.
> ever.
'man apt-get' and searc
Sharninder wrote:
hi,
It's a silly question but i don't know where to ask. What's the use
of all the files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. They all
seem to be debs of any package that i have installed in my comp.
ever.
Sharninder Singh
National Institute Of Management Calcutta
Building No
yes, they are .deb packages you downloaded (and installed) with apt.
If they were properly installed on your system, you can delete them
safely...
Sharninder escribió:
hi,
It's a silly question but i don't know where to ask. What's the use
of all the files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directo
On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 13:54, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Sebastiaan wrote:
>
> > Yes: rm /var/cache/apt/archives/*
> >
> > You usually update packages only, or install it once. You won't harm your
> > system if you remove the old packages. If it is needed, the packages will
> > be downloaded again.
>
On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 12:58, Sebastian D.B. Krause wrote:
> On 3468 September 1993, Alan Chandler wrote:
> > My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files.
> > I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2).
> >
> > Is there a command
Sebastiaan wrote:
> Yes: rm /var/cache/apt/archives/*
>
> You usually update packages only, or install it once. You won't harm your
> system if you remove the old packages. If it is needed, the packages will
> be downloaded again.
Not if it isn't in the repository anymore. It's nice to be able t
On Saturday 01 March 2003 1:27 pm, Alan Chandler wrote:
>My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb
> files. I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its
>always 2).
>Is there a command to shrink it?
apt-get clean works for me.
Jeff Elkins
http
Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
>
> My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of
> .deb files. I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks
> like its always 2).
>
> Is there a command to shrink it?
"apt-get clean" and "apt-get autoclean"
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On 3468 September 1993, Alan Chandler wrote:
> My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files.
> I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2).
>
> Is there a command to shrink it?
rm
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On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Alan Chandler wrote:
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> My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files.
> I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2).
>
> Is there a command to shrink it?
>
Alan Chandler wrote:
My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files.
I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2).
Is there a command to shrink it?
'apt-get autoclean' will get rid of the duplicate ones[or more precisely
all debs th
Alan Chandler said:
>
> Is there a command to shrink it?
apt-get clean
apt-get autoclean
(see apt-get manpage)
nate
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On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 02:49:34PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Sure you can. Keep the most recent N versions of each package you use
> (adjusting N for the desired maximum size of /var/cache/apt/archives
> and/or the number of versions back that you want to be able to easily
> downgrade to), and
Mike Kuhar wrote:
> What you say is correct. But with that logic, one can't complain
> because their apt cache grows to tremendous size. -mk
Sure you can. Keep the most recent N versions of each package you use
(adjusting N for the desired maximum size of /var/cache/apt/archives
and/or the numb
What you say is correct. But with that logic, one can't complain
because their apt cache grows to tremendous size. -mk
On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 11:22, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Mike Kuhar wrote:
>
> > If you do 'apt-get autoclean', this "removes package files that can no
> > longer be downloaded,
Sander Smeenk wrote:
> Also you can edit/create a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ called 99local
It's fairly silly to use the apt.conf.d directory when /etc/apt/apt.conf
is already there entirely for your local modifications.
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Mike Kuhar wrote:
> If you do 'apt-get autoclean', this "removes package files that can no
> longer be downloaded, and are largely useless."
Actually, one or two back-versions of each package is a useful thing to
have, as it simplifies the task of downgrading when you discover a serious
proble
ed to roll back to the previous version.testthen
> clean.
> ;)
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Sander Smeenk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "David Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc:
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:50 PM
Quoting c ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> just to point out again automatic removal of old .deb's can lead to more
> hassle if you need to roll back to the previous version.testthen
> clean.
Hmm :) I like living on the edge :)
Regards,
Sander.
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Subject: Re: /var/cache/apt/archives
> Quoting David Wright ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > I'm relatively new to Debian, and I just discovered that I have
> > accumulated over 1G of .deb's in /var/cache/apt/archive
Quoting David Wright ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I'm relatively new to Debian, and I just discovered that I have
> accumulated over 1G of .deb's in /var/cache/apt/archives. Can the
> contents of this directory be regularly wiped? Why isn't their a cron
> job to do this by default -- does one loose s
can use:
apt-get autoclean
to clean packages other than those installed
or
apt-get clean to clean all
obviously do this after verifying the upgrade has worked satidfactorally
c^
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Adrian Nims wrote:
>I deleted by mistake the file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial (rm -rf
> *). Does anybody know how this file should look like, in order to write
> another one in place of the delted one ?
> I cannot make any update, any install of new package using
On Dec 02 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Adding an "apt-get autoclean" to your cron'd "apt-get dist-upgrade
> --download-only" will automatically flush out redundant .debs.
> Particularly if you add the autoclean *after* the download.
OTOH, if one has enough space for that, just use a
on Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 05:21:38PM -0600, Rob VanFleet ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 04:33:23PM -0500, Brian Stults wrote:
> > Is it common for people to keep all the debs after they've been
> > installed. I always delete mine (or rather I allow dselect to do it).
> > If I
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 04:33:23PM -0500, Brian Stults wrote:
> Is it common for people to keep all the debs after they've been
> installed. I always delete mine (or rather I allow dselect to do it).
> If I kept all the debs that I've installed I think it would take up a
> whole lot of disk space
Rob VanFleet wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 03:00:55PM -0500, Christopher W Aiken wrote:
> > I want to install Debian 2.2 to a second machine. I have
> > used "apt-get" to get and install a whole lot of stuff
> > (over 65MB of files) on my first machine. After I install
> > on my second mach
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 03:00:55PM -0500, Christopher W Aiken wrote:
> I want to install Debian 2.2 to a second machine. I have
> used "apt-get" to get and install a whole lot of stuff
> (over 65MB of files) on my first machine. After I install
> on my second machine can I copy "/var/cache/apr/a
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