/var/cache/pacman/pkg

nadman10 · 2007-09-28 06:07:16

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.

fwojciec · 2007-09-28 06:11:29

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).

nadman10 · 2007-09-28 06:13:26

That's what I thought. Thanks.

Allan · 2007-09-28 15:40:15

You can clear really old packages using pacman -Sc (keeps just latest package). Clear all packages using pacman -Scc

nadman10 · 2007-09-28 18:09:07

Is there an echo in here? J/K

Arch Linux

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/var/cache/pacman/pkg

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Re: /var/cache/pacman/pkg

#3 2007-09-28 06:13:26

Re: /var/cache/pacman/pkg

#4 2007-09-28 15:40:15

Re: /var/cache/pacman/pkg

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Re: /var/cache/pacman/pkg

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