Re: removing obsolete packages
* Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> [030401 20:30]:
> on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 07:52:02PM -0500, Robert A. Jacobs (r.a.jacobs@home.com) wrote:
> > * Iwan Mouwen <iwan@vvier.tudelft.nl> [030401 19:28]:
> > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > What you want is "apt-get clean"
> >
> > "autoclean" only removes packages that can no longer be downloaded.
>
> ...which is to say, packages which have been replaced by updated
> versions.
>
> What he wants _is_ autoclean, why it's not working, or his understanding
> of its workings, is a mystery.
Whoops. Shoulda read his post closer...I thought he wanted to clean out all
the packages in that directory. A second read through cleared up my
misconception.
robert a. jacobs
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