Will it be logical by means of Debian oriented logic to unite the three commands apt-get clean and apt-get autoclean, and apt-get autoremove into one single command that does all of them?
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3What "Debian oriented logic" are you referring to?– Chai T. RexCommented Dec 9, 2017 at 21:32
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Common logic in Debian systems like Debian and Ubuntu. The logic comes out in syntax, commands, terminology, etc.– ArcticoolingCommented Dec 9, 2017 at 22:13
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This completely depends on what you want to achieve, they are separate for a reason. But lets see what they actually do:
apt/apt-get clean→ cleans the packages and install script in/var/cache/apt/archives/apt/apt-get autoclean→ cleans obsolete deb-packages, less thancleanapt/apt-get autoremove→ removes orphaned packages which are not longer needed from the system, but not purges them, use the--purgeoption together with the command for that.
So it is up to you to decide if you want to combine one of the first two with the last one and you can do this like below:
sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt clean
If thats what you really want to do, but now to code an extra command for it is pretty superfluous to be honest.
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answered Dec 9, 2017 at 21:30
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6I defined an alias for
sudo bash -c "apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get -y autoremove && apt-get -y clean"and it serves me well. Caution:autoremoveremoves old kernel images.– dessertCommented Dec 9, 2017 at 22:15 -
If I understood your answer correctly, you mean to say that
sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get cleancovers everything insudo apt-get autoclean? Commented Dec 10, 2017 at 1:08 -
3Exactly, autoclean only removes files out out the archives which can no longer be downloaded, clean nukes the archives completely. Commented Dec 10, 2017 at 1:11
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