Re: archives?

On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 09:39:46AM +0100, Yannick JESTIN wrote:
> Harmon:
> > and looking in /var/cache/apt/archives I'm thinking I don't need all these files
> > for anything (and why are they all being stored anyway?) -- so can I just delete
> > them?
>
> this directory holds the .deb packages ( and the partial downloads in
> the partial subdirectory ) that have been downloaded. If you happen to
> dpkg -r one of them and want to install it again, it will be available
> without downloading. It is also great to rollback some faulty upgrades.
>
> However, you don't need these packages on your intimate. Just make a
> copy somewhere or, if your bandwidth is big enough, delete the .deb
> files ( not the directory ! ). dselect offers to delete the downloaded
> files anyway.

"apt-get clean" is another way to do that.

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                                                Niklas