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#1 2011-01-30 07:52:46
- Axanon
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- From: Toronto
- Registered: 2010-06-12
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Culling older (cached) packages.. safe?
Is it safe to delete older files from my pacman cache (/var/cache/pacman/pkg/) directory? My cache is up to around 6GB and there isn't much point in keeping REALLY old versions of files here.
I would like to keep more recent files in case I need to revert, I'm just concerned that deleting files here may cause problems. Are there any commands I may need to run after removing files here? Thanks.
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#2 2011-01-30 07:55:36
- Inxsible
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Re: Culling older (cached) packages.. safe?
yes
use
pacman -Scto remove all packages that are not currently installed.
Add another -c flag to remove every package
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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#3 2011-01-30 08:58:03
- Lux Perpetua
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Re: Culling older (cached) packages.. safe?
After you upgrade and there's no major breakage, run pacman -Sc as Inxsible said. The next time you upgrade, if anything breaks, you'll still be able to downgrade the offending packages.
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