Mon, 18 Sep 2006

Debian package management with APT - remove unused packages

Posted by Ben Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:40:18 GMT

/var/cache/apt/archives can build up a lot of cruft…

Clear out package files no longer available:

apt-get autoclean

Clear out all downloaded package files:

apt-get clean
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  1. Joe 8 months later:

    Thanks!

  2. J.Mihai about 1 year later:

    Really useful, thanks !

  3. Mike about 1 year later:

    apt-get autoremove

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