In christophe barbe's email, 19-03-2001: > Why all downloaded packages are saved in the /var/cache/apt/archives > directory. > Can I delete these files ? > Where can I tell to not keep these file ? > > I see only one interest in keeping downloaded files, It' s to download only > the diff when upgrading a package. > But it's not what is done. > > Christophe >
In the future, `man apt-get` -- it contains a wealth of useful information. `apt-get autoclean` will remove all the packages that can't be downloaded from the debian archive (old versions of packeges, etc.) `apt-get clean` will remove all the packages in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory.. Jamuraa - Michael Janssen - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]