Re: What is the apt cache good for?
On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:32:23 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote:
>
> Most of that space is stored in /var/cache/apt/archives. The rest of
> /var/cache/apt can be deleted but it'll be recreated next time you run
> apt; it's a binary cache of data that's used to speed apt up.
>
> I think it's mostly a holdover from when Internet connections were
> much slower than they are today. apt keeps all the .debs it downloads
> in /var/cache/apt/archives, so that if you decide to remove some
> software and then want to re-install it later, you don't have to
> download it a second time. It's useful for some purposes (e.g., you can
> copy those files to another machine rather than downloading them twice),
> but it also tends to clog people's /var partitions.
It sure clogged mine. Lots of space, now.
>
> You can delete all the downloaded .deb files by running "aptitude clean".
I didn't know aptitude had that option. Is there any difference
between it and "apt-get clean"?
>
> Daniel
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