RE: apt cache clean
On 20-Mar-2001 Matthieu Paindavoine wrote: > Hello, > > I am a happy user of apt... and my cache is getting big. I notice that I > pile up several versions of programs as newer ones become available. Is > there a command to clean this up a little bit. Searched in apt-cache and > apt-conf. I saw a Cache-Limit, but it's not exactly what I need. Thank > you for providing any suggestion. > bash# apt-get clean > Matthieu > > -- Carlos Laviola - ICQ 55799523 pub 1024D/3516D372 2000-06-05 Carlos Laviola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Key fingerprint = 3BE1 6591 C78C 2AA4 31DD AEEF 6406 0227 3516 D372 pgppdkRCky45U.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: apt cache clean
'apt-get clean' deletes the whole cache and 'apt-get autoclean' deletes only the files from the cache which aren't downloadable anymore. See the manpage of apt-get for further information. On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 05:23:26AM +0100, Matthieu Paindavoine wrote: > Hello, > > I am a happy user of apt... and my cache is getting big. I notice that I > pile up several versions of programs as newer ones become available. Is > there a command to clean this up a little bit. Searched in apt-cache and > apt-conf. I saw a Cache-Limit, but it's not exactly what I need. Thank > you for providing any suggestion. > > Matthieu MfG/Regards, Willi Dyck -- L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^ . Waehrend in Redmond noch gebootet wird, ICQ# 49564996 wird in Villa Pinguin schon gearbeitet. AIM wdyck
Re: apt cache clean
> I am a happy user of apt... and my cache is getting big. I > notice that I pile up several versions of programs as newer > ones become available. Is there a command to clean this > up a little bit. Searched in apt-cache and apt-conf. I saw > a Cache-Limit, but it's not exactly what I need. Look at "apt-get clean" and "apt-get autoclean". They do slightly different functions, so you decide which is more appropriate. Hall
RE: apt cache clean
Yes, Matthieu Try: apt-get autoclean This will remove all older package versions. -mk > -Original Message- > From: Matthieu Paindavoine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 11:23 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: apt cache clean > > > Hello, > > I am a happy user of apt... and my cache is getting big. I > notice that I > pile up several versions of programs as newer ones become > available. Is > there a command to clean this up a little bit. Searched in > apt-cache and > apt-conf. I saw a Cache-Limit, but it's not exactly what I need. Thank > you for providing any suggestion. > > Matthieu > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
