Re: /var/archive

2008-01-23 Thread Paul Johnson
ch always used to be plenty, but archives is now eating > up 1.05 GB, so I'll have to move (or preferably delete) it. Don't do that! > Any advice, please? The biggest space-waster in the /var/archive tree is apt. Your best bet is apt-get autoclean, though if that doesn't

Re: /var/archive

2008-01-23 Thread joseph lockhart
only thing that i have ever had in /var/archives are the md5sum's and tarballs for backups created by backup manager (needless to say i have since sent backup manager to /dev/null) jwlockhart Registered Linux User #458799 Registered Kubuntu User #19678 this user is penguin powered __

Re: /var/archive

2008-01-23 Thread Tony van der Hoff
[snip] > > Of course it's also usefull if for reason or other you remove a package, > then want to re-install it. You don't have to download it again, as it's > already waiting in the archives. > Thanks everyone; you'e a really helpful bunch here, and I'm learning a lot. I like this distro :) Ch

Re: /var/archive

2008-01-23 Thread Nigel Henry
On Wednesday 23 January 2008 20:03, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 23 Jan at 18:15 Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [snip] > > > /var/archives is strange that in my box I have: /var/cache/apt/archives > > To clean the archives after upgrade you have to do:

Re: /var/archive

2008-01-23 Thread Kent West
Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 23 Jan at 18:15 Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote sudo apt-get clean Done that - works a treat! What is the object of the archive, though? When you download .debs, this is the default location where they are stored for subsequent installation. M

RE: /var/archive

2008-01-23 Thread Mike Kuhar
[snip] > /var/archives is strange that in my box I have: /var/cache/apt/archives To > clean the archives after upgrade you have to do: > Yes, my mistake; it's where you say. > sudo apt-get clean > Done that - works a treat! What is the object of the archive, though? Thanks very much to all who

Re: /var/archive

2008-01-23 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 23 Jan at 18:15 Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [snip] > /var/archives is strange that in my box I have: /var/cache/apt/archives To > clean the archives after upgrade you have to do: > Yes, my mistake; it's where you say. > sudo apt-get clean > Done that -

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2008-01-23 Thread Angus Auld
--- Angus Auld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:22:38 -0800 (PST) > From: Angus Auld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: /var/archive > To: Tony van der Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > --- Tony van der Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: /var/archive

2008-01-23 Thread Gerard Robin
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 05:38:42PM +, Tony van der Hoff wrote: From: Tony van der Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: /var/archive Mail-Followup-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Spam-Virus: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-

Re: /var/archive

2008-01-23 Thread Ken Irving
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 05:38:42PM +, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > Hi, > > I've just moved to Debian Etch from 10 years on Mandriva, so a bit of a > newbie here. > > Can anyone tell me what significance /var/archives has? I have a 1.25 GB > /var partition, which always used to be plenty, but ar

/var/archive

2008-01-23 Thread Tony van der Hoff
Hi, I've just moved to Debian Etch from 10 years on Mandriva, so a bit of a newbie here. Can anyone tell me what significance /var/archives has? I have a 1.25 GB /var partition, which always used to be plenty, but archives is now eating up 1.05 GB, so I'll have to move (or preferably delete) it.