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Re: removing obsolete packages



on Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 12:09:18AM +0200, Iwan Mouwen (iwan@vvier.tudelft.nl) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is there a way to delete packages from the cache (or from some other
> directory) for which a newer package exists in that directory.
> My /var/cache/apt/archives has several versions of lots of packages and
> I want to remove them. apt-get autoclean doesn't seem to do what I want.

apt-get autoclean _should_ do what you're asking.  You are running it as
root?

If it's not:

  - Verify that these *are* the same packages.
  - File a bug report if they are.

Cheers.

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