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#1 2007-09-28 06:07:16
- nadman10
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/var/cache/pacman/pkg
Do i need the files in this folder? Its taking up quite a bit of space on my drive. I can't imagine they need to be there if the packages are already installed.
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#2 2007-09-28 06:11:29
- fwojciec
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Re: /var/cache/pacman/pkg
Pacman caches previously downloaded/installed packages there. You don't need them, but they might be useful every once in a while when you need to downgrade something to an earlier version. They can be removed with pacman -Sc (removes just "old" packages) or pacman -Scc (which removes all packages from cache).
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#3 2007-09-28 06:13:26
- nadman10
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Re: /var/cache/pacman/pkg
That's what I thought. Thanks.
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#4 2007-09-28 15:40:15
- Allan
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Re: /var/cache/pacman/pkg
You can clear really old packages using pacman -Sc (keeps just latest package). Clear all packages using pacman -Scc
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#5 2007-09-28 18:09:07
- nadman10
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Re: /var/cache/pacman/pkg
Is there an echo in here? J/K
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