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Re: freeing up some space

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On Tuesday 11 January 2022 11:02:56 pm David Christensen wrote:
> On 1/11/22 10:25 AM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> > So I'm poking around with mc,  and happened across /var/cache/apt/archives which has a LOT of *.deb files in it, and which seems to include many versions of the same package,  some of them many years old,  going all the way back to 2013.  I guess I've been running debian a little longer than I'd thought...
> > 
> > Is it okay to just delete older versions of these files?  Or should I be doing something using one of the package management tools?  I've mostly used synaptic,  but am also aware of apt-get,  apt,  aptitude,  and am not real clear on their comparative capabilities.
> > 
> > I'm looking at over 7500 files amounting to over 9.5GB.
> > 
> > I also see /var/cache/dictionaries-common,  which appears to be tied to a spelling checker,  which I don't use here.  And /var/cache/samba,  which I also don't use -- there isn't a windoze machine around here at all.
> > 
> > What's the best way to get all of this excess stuff out of the system?
> 
> 
> Move data to RAID, backup system configuration files, remove system 
> drive, install blank SSD, do a fresh install, and configure by hand 
> (using backups for reference).

Yeah,  I could do that if I had those resources,  but I don't.  In the meantime I'm finding aptitude to be a useful tool for the job...

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freeing up some space "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2022-01-11 19:30 +0100
  Re: freeing up some space Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-01-11 20:00 +0100
  Re: freeing up some space Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-11 20:00 +0100
  Re: freeing up some space Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2022-01-11 20:30 +0100
    Re: freeing up some space David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-11 21:10 +0100
    Re: freeing up some space "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2022-01-11 22:40 +0100
      Re: freeing up some space "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-01-11 22:50 +0100
      Re: freeing up some space Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-15 17:00 +0100
  Re: freeing up some space "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-01-11 21:10 +0100
    Re: freeing up some space Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2022-01-11 22:10 +0100
      Re: freeing up some space "c. marlow" <debian@cwm030.com> - 2022-01-11 23:20 +0100
        Re: freeing up some space "c. marlow" <debian@cwm030.com> - 2022-01-11 23:30 +0100
        Re: freeing up some space Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-01-11 23:40 +0100
    Re: freeing up some space Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-01-12 00:20 +0100
      Re: freeing up some space David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-12 00:30 +0100
      Re: freeing up some space Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-12 00:30 +0100
  Re: freeing up some space Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2022-01-11 23:10 +0100
    Re: freeing up some space Ralph Katz <ralph@ralphkatz.com> - 2022-01-12 04:20 +0100
  Re: freeing up some space David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2022-01-12 05:10 +0100
    Re: freeing up some space "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2022-01-12 17:00 +0100
  Re: freeing up some space David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-12 06:50 +0100
    Re: freeing up some space "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2022-01-12 17:10 +0100

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