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#1 2010-09-10 14:59:35
- Mr. Alex
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Cleaning pacman cache
Is it OK to delete all the files from "/var/cache/pacman/pkg" manually, without doing "pacman -Sc"?
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#2 2010-09-10 15:02:55
- Inxsible
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Re: Cleaning pacman cache
Question is : why would you want to do that when pacman does it for you?
pacman -Scwill delete all packages that are NOT installed on your system and
pacman -Sccwill delete all the packages regardless of whether you have installed them or not.
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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#3 2010-09-10 15:58:09
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Re: Cleaning pacman cache
"pacman -Scc" deletes only cached packages? It won't damage installed programs?
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#4 2010-09-10 16:05:11
- Inxsible
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Re: Cleaning pacman cache
no. it will delete packages from /var/cache/pacman/pkg.
The only thing is that if you upgrade any package, and then find that it doesn't work, you will not be able to downgrade easily since you are getting rid of all packages. It is generally recommended to do a
pacman -Scand avoid
pacman -SccThere's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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