Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> writes: > Why are you assuming that the space you want can be freed by removing > packages? > > For the vast majority of people, if disk space is running low, it's > because *data* files are piling up, and may be in need of some trimming.
Pro tip: running "sudo apt clean" often frees up significant disk space (relatively, in machines with tiny storage capacity) by removing all cached package files from /var/cache/apt/archives.
