If you use apt
instead of apt-get
, the default is not to store debs anywhere if the apt install is successful.
From /usr/share/doc/apt/NEWS.Debian.gz
:
apt (1.2~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
[ Automatic removal of debs after install ]
After packages are successfully installed by apt(8)
,
the corresponding .deb
package files will be
removed from the /var/cache/apt/archives
cache directory.
This can be changed by setting the apt configuration option
Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages
to true
. E.g:
# echo 'Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true";' \
> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01keep-debs
Please note that the behavior of apt-get is unchanged. The
downloaded debs will be kept in the cache directory after they
are installed. To enable the behavior for other tools, you can set
APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages
to false
.