On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:56:29 +0000 Mark <mark@ellandroad.demon.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 11:37:20PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > > Quick question re /var/cache/apt. I couldn't understand why my > > little thinkpad's hdd got totally full. Now I'm searching around > > with du and find / var/cache/apt is 1.4GB. Is it always that large, > > or has mine been eating junk food? > > > I deliberately keep mine fattened, but I believe that there's > generally an option to delete the .deb after installation, if you want > to. Perhaps you habitually say no? I've never seen an option for saving or deleting the .deb after installation... maybe I have my question level set too hight. I do know though you can run "apt-get autoclean" or "apt-get clean" to trim the size of /var/cache/apt. Autoclean gets rid of old packages that are outdated and/or no longer installed. Clean will delete all archived .debs. With a /var/cache/apt of 1.4GB it sounds like you've either been keeping track of several different releases at the same time or haven't done any cleaning since your last dist-upgrade. HTH, Jacob ----- GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 I prefer an OS made by programmers that need marketing that an OS made by marketing that need programmers... http://www.linux.org
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