On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 11:27 PM, piruthiviraj natarajan <piruthivi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I recently moved from Arch Linux to Debian Wheezy. > Is there any way to clean the apt cache for the packages that I am not > currently using? > > I tried using this config > root@localhost:~# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf > APT::Clean-Installed "0"; > // auto-remove breaks on meta packages > APT::Get::AutomaticRemove "0"; > APT::Get::HideAutoRemove "1"; > > // Recommends are as of now still abused in many packages > APT::Install-Recommends "0"; > APT::Install-Suggests "0"; > Debug::pkgAutoRemove "0"; > > > Acquire::PDiffs "0"; > > // Remove apt unauthenticated warnings > APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated "0"; > root@localhost:~# > But after doing an apt-get autoclean, it left some packages in the cache, > for example it doesnt remove the packages that I downloaded from the > experimental repos. > Is there anything obvious that I am missing here?
If you want to clear your entire cache: # apt-get clean Note that autoclean just removes old, superseded packages from your cache, i.e. packages that are no longer available in the repos. Regards, Vincent -- 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/caczd_tdt0_-7mgyrrufc87oq5muhddttxz1m5jbchxiaidf...@mail.gmail.com
