On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:10:54 +0800 Jason Heeris <jason.hee...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there any way to completely prevent apt(itude) from caching > downloaded package files? I'm working on a system with 512MB of disk > space, so the 60-100MB of cache files is a huge chunk out of this. > > I know about the "clean" command, but I don't want to have to do it > manually every time. I know that there's a cron job that can be > configured with a cache size of zero, but I want the cached packages > removed as soon as they are installed, not a day later. > > Is this possible to configure? If your main goal is to avoid having to do manual cleans, you should find aptitude's --[auto]clean-on-startup command line options helpful (see the man page). There's also the AutoClean-After-Update option, which can be set from within interactive mode, or within the config files, but there doesn't seem to be a simple "Clean" version (at least, it's not documented). Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100908101414.fe988df4.cele...@gmail.com
