Re: incomplete update(?) trashed my system
On Sun, 8 Feb 2015 14:55:33 -0600
Charles Blair <c-blair@illinois.edu> wrote:
> 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)?
>
>
apt-get clean or aptitude clean will empty the cache.
--
Joe
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