On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 13:33:32 -0500 Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 06:12:09PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 01 Mar 2023 at 17:43:41 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > In a pinch, you can "sudo apt-get clean", which purges the APT > > > package cache, which lives in /var. You didn't show us /var, > > > which might be interesting too (/var/log, in case some logs > > > aren't rotated properly?) > > > > There should not be any actual packages in /var/cache/apt. > > This depends on whether one uses "apt" or "apt-get" or some other > program to install packages. By default, "apt" removes the .deb files > from /var/cache/apt/archives/ after installing them, but "apt-get" > does not. For other programs, who knows. > I've just asked about this but forgot to mention that I use apt, I'll only use apt-get if a version upgrade recommends it. As I said, I have a fairly well-used archives directory. I do recall, when apt became a thing, reading what you posted there about apt removing the debs. There must be a configuration which prevents that. -- Joe
