[SOLVED] How to clean up /var/cache/apt/archives

Ztcoracat · 10-02-2012, 09:38 PM

I've been reading the "The Debian Administrators Handbook" and it explained that the /var/cache/apt/archives file takes up a lot of space and the author recommendends to clean up this file.

Now, I'm not sure but I (think) that this file gets so full from all the updates-

Anyway,I don't understand how to use

Code:

aptitude autoclean

for this file. Would I just run:

Code:

aptitude autoclean /var/cache/apt/archives ?

Right? Or would I use Nano?

k3lt01 · 10-02-2012, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ztcoracat

I've been reading the "The Debian Administrators Handbook" and it explained that the /var/cache/apt/archives file takes up a lot of space and the author recommendends to clean up this file.

Now, I'm not sure but I (think) that this file gets so full from all the updates-

Anyway,I don't understand how to use

Code:

aptitude autoclean

for this file. Would I just run:

Code:

aptitude autoclean /var/cache/apt/archives ?

Right? Or would I use Nano?

All you need to do to clean up old packages, ones that are no longer available in the repositories, is

Code:

aptitude autoclean

if you want to empty the cache completely (not a good idea sometimes) you do

Code:

aptitude clean

nothing more nothing less so don't worry about adding locations because it is already known to the command.

Ztcoracat · 10-02-2012, 10:00 PM

K3lt01:

Got it!

How often should I run ?

Code:

aptitude autoclean

k3lt01 · 10-02-2012, 10:12 PM

I do it once a month just to make sure things are ok. You could run it each time you updated (after you update) if you wanted but I don't see the need to do it so often.

Ztcoracat · 10-02-2012, 10:22 PM

Once a month it is!

Thanks k3lt01!