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| From | David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: freeing up some space |
| Date | 2022-01-12 00:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <DEyKt-MY-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On Tue 11 Jan 2022 at 23:11:21 (+0000), Brian wrote: > On Tue 11 Jan 2022 at 19:58:55 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 01:25:27PM -0500, 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. > > > > apt-get clean is a fairly useful command. > > Indeed it it is. But what useful function does it perform on a default > installation? Some users appear to think that downloaded and installed > packages are preserved in /vat/cache/apt/archives until they are cleared > out. They are not. Eh? ~# ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives/ total 4 -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Dec 12 21:09 lock drwx------ 2 _apt root 4096 Dec 29 17:43 partial ~# apt-get -o Acquire::http::Proxy="http://192.168.1.14:3142/" install iwd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: iwd 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 561 kB of archives. After this operation, 2232 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 iwd amd64 1.14-3 [561 kB] Fetched 561 kB in 0s (3079 kB/s) Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done Selecting previously unselected package iwd. (Reading database ... 347571 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../archives/iwd_1.14-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking iwd (1.14-3) ... Setting up iwd (1.14-3) ... Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.20-2) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.4-2) ... Scanning processes... Scanning processor microcode... Scanning linux images... Running kernel seems to be up-to-date. The processor microcode seems to be up-to-date. No services need to be restarted. No containers need to be restarted. No user sessions are running outdated binaries. ~# ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives/ total 556 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 561296 May 6 2021 iwd_1.14-3_amd64.deb -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Dec 12 21:09 lock drwx------ 2 _apt root 4096 Jan 11 17:18 partial ~# That's why my routine upgrade command is: # apt-get -o Acquire::http::Proxy="http://192.168.1.14:3142/" update && apt-get -d -o Acquire::http::Proxy="http://192.168.1.14:3142/" upgrade; apt-get upgrade; read -p 'Ctrl-C to avoid clean' _; apt-get clean Cheers, David.
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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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