Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big
On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 12:58, Sebastian D.B. Krause wrote:
> On 3468 September 1993, Alan Chandler wrote:
> > My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files.
> > I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2).
> >
> > Is there a command to shrink it?
>
> rm
But that will delete the lock file.
As others have said, better to use:
# apt-get autoclean|clean
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