Whats The Best Way To Clean The System Cache ?

whitetimer · 2010-12-20 19:16:05

Hi All

Besides running 'sudo pacman -Scc' how else can you clean the system cache in arch ?

Many Thanks

SS4 · 2010-12-20 19:18:27

rm /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*

You could simply delete them using rm, but bear in mind that will wipe all your stored packages instead of just the uninstalled ones

Last edited by SS4 (2010-12-20 19:18:53)

Mr. Alex · 2010-12-20 19:28:01

And you can make an alias for

su -c 'rm -v /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*'

Edit ~/.bashrc and add:

alias cc-cache="su -c 'rm -v /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*'"

Relogin.

"cc-cache" is your new command for this.

Last edited by Mr. Alex (2010-12-20 19:28:35)

Mr.Elendig · 2010-12-20 19:30:55

Why use anything else than -Scc?

kcirick · 2010-12-20 19:31:23

Why would you not want to use pacman to clear the cache?

What's the advantage of using 'rm'?

karol · 2010-12-20 19:32:41

SS4 wrote:

rm /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
You could simply delete them using rm, but bear in mind that will wipe all your stored packages instead of just the uninstalled ones

'-Scc' does the same thing. Try 'pacman -Sc' instead.

jasonwryan · 2010-12-20 19:38:37

There is also pkgcacheclean http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41918

whitetimer · 2010-12-20 21:13:36

Many Thanks ... Will stick to pacman -Scc

graysky · 2010-12-20 21:19:32

@jason - How does your version differ from the python version http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=37572?

To the op - the python script is the way to go because you can select how many old versions you want to keep... for example 2:

# cacheclean 2

Last edited by graysky (2010-12-20 21:20:49)

Misfit138 · 2010-12-20 21:19:57

karol wrote:

...Try 'pacman -Sc' instead.

This.

Mr.Elendig · 2010-12-20 21:30:09

Misfit138 wrote:

karol wrote:
...Try 'pacman -Sc' instead.
This.

Not to mention CleanMethod in pacman.conf(5)

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2010-12-20 21:30:41)

jasonwryan · 2010-12-20 22:36:11

graysky wrote:

@jason - How does your version differ from the python version http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=37572?

The author describes the difference thus:

AugustePop wrote:

The original "pacman -Sc" command cleans everything but the installed packages; the AUR package cleancache retains a certain number of every package, whether it is currently installed or not.
This simple application i have written retains a certain number of every installed package, including 1 currently used. All other package caches are deleted.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=841774

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