Fwd: Re: /var/archive
--- Angus Auld <aonghas_auld@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:22:38 -0800 (PST)
> From: Angus Auld <aonghas_auld@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: /var/archive
> To: Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org>
>
>
> --- Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just moved to Debian Etch from 10 years on
> > Mandriva, so a bit of a
> > newbie here.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what significance /var/archives
> > has? I have a 1.25 GB
> > /var partition, which always used to be plenty,
> but
> > archives is now eating
> > up 1.05 GB, so I'll have to move (or preferably
> > delete) it.
> >
> > Any advice, please?
> >
> > Cheers, Tony
> > --
> > Tony van der Hoff |
> > mailto:tony@vanderhoff.org
> > Buckinghamshire, England
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
You can config your package manager to delete
packages after downloading and installing.
I am new to Debian as well, also after many years of
using Mandrake/Mandriva.
Debian must be configed by default to store packages
after downloading/installing.
I use apt-get/synaptic, and find it to be
a very easy to use and robust manager. In the
preferences you
can config to delete after the download/install.
I am using a Debian Etch based distro called
Dreamlinux, and
I am thus far very impressed with the stability and
power that Debian offers.
Best regards.
-- Angus
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