> > On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 08:24:01AM -0400, Anderson, James H [IT] wrote: > > > 2) My /var file system is out of space, mostly filled up with apt stuff. > > I'd > > > like to delete only those packages that have been successfully installed > > > since there are a number of things I still want to install, e.g.., > > > Enlightenment, etc. How??? > > > > "apt-get clean" will clean _all_ the .debs from /var/cache/apt/archives. > > If you only want to clean out the ones not yet installed, you may need > > some creative shell commands. The basic steps would be: > > a) Get a list of all installed packages (dpkg --get selections>somefile) > > b) Get a list of all .debs residing in the archive > > (ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives>someotherfile > > c) Somehow, compare the two lists, and delete files from the archive > > which appear in both lists. There are many ways to do this. (I'd use > > a perl script.) > > > Is it just a matter of removing them from the archives directory and nowhere > else? If so, I'm pretty handy with perl so I ought to be able to whip > something up pretty quickly.
AFAIK, yes. In the past, I have simply rm'ed files from /var/cache/apt/archives with no, noticable, detrimental effects. Doing so via script should be about the same. > Thanks very much for all your help. > jim You're most welcome. P.S. It's good to keep conversations like this on the list so others can benefit from your questions. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
