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thunderboltz
June 6th, 2008, 09:22 PM
Hello

I'd like to know if the synaptic package manager saves a copy of the installation/source file of all the downloads that it has completed.

If yes, then I'd like to know where they are stored, and if it is fine to delete them in order to save space.

TIA!

briandu
June 6th, 2008, 10:31 PM
open xterm and enter:

sudo apt-get clean

this will clear out much junk

also yo do not need to clear out this is not *******

dje
June 6th, 2008, 10:32 PM
It is safe to delete them just run this in a terminal:

sudo apt-get clean
They are stored in /var/cache/apt, running the above automatically deletes them from that directory

hope that helps,
dje

thunderboltz
June 7th, 2008, 03:55 PM
Thanks! I needed this as I'm on a system with limited memory.