Thank you for your help.
> if you have a lot of packages in /var/cache/apt/archives
> then you can clean them out and then apt-get will download
> any new ones you need when you install, update or reinstall.
There are a lot of *.deb files for packages that I
have installed. Do I risk further damage to my system
by saying rm *.deb? Do I need to go package by package
saying apt-get remove (something I think I don't need)?