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12 questions linked to/from var/cache/apt/archives occupying huge space
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Where are the software update files stored, and what happens after they are applied? [duplicate]
I have what I think is a basic question but have not been able to find the answer to: When Software Updater downloads files (this morning it amounted to 250mb), are the files (or the ones that are ...
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Not enough space in /var/cache/apt/archives, not able to install gparted [duplicate]
I don't have enough space left in /var/cache/apt/archives, thus not able to install "gparted" so that I can increase Actual Size of Ubuntu vdi file. I have already increased the Virtual Size to 100 ...
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Is it safe to manually delete the /var/cache/apt content?
On an embedded system with a very limited disk space I have the folder /var/cache/apt full with some 700MB of srcpkgcache.bin.* and a couple of large *.bin files.
Performing sudo apt-get clean did ...
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where are the apt indexes stored and can they be removed?
I am performing an apt-get update prior to installing some packages:
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg [933 B]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
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dpkg error when installing nmap
I keep trying to install nmap and getting an error returned...
Can anyone please help?
root@cola:~# apt-get install nmap -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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Disk usage increasing over time. Why? And how to fix?
I have an Ubuntu server VPS with DigitalOcean. This Ubuntu server contains a very simple web server and website setup, and not much else. However, whenever I create an image of the droplet (using the ...
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What is eating up my disk space?
I have very recently installed Ubuntu 15.10. I have been watching the available amount of memory over two days, and i noticed that the free memory goes on decreasing at a slow rate. Initially the used ...
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How to change default download directory to /home rather than root
I am a newbie and have a Ubuntu 20.04lts dual booted with windows 8.1 pro on
ssd and hdd
SanDisk SSD i100 24GB (11.56.04)
WDC WD5000LPVX-22V0TT0 (01.01A01)(500gb)
as you see my SSD size is small so ...
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how to clean /var/cache/apt/archives of "installed and deprecated" files only?
I use synaptic to download first and install later.
Usually I install everything but core system files, that I leave to install later.
Synaptic button "delete cached package files" ignores ...
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lubuntu 16.04 login problems
I have a Notebook with Lubuntu 16.04 running on it.
Today I was trying to install android on an sd card using the OSMC installer. The install program did crash all the time (I've tried 3 times). The ...
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Where is .deb package location after I run apt dist-upgrade on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS? [duplicate]
I am using Xubuntu 16.04 LTS.
When I run sudo apt-get dist-upgrade in the Terminal there isn't any problem.
After that, I want to copy the .deb file in /var/cache/apt/archives/ using Thunar file ...
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Getting issue with display on Ubuntu 18.04.4
While running docker for scraping/splash, I kept getting notification of "Empty Trash" which indicated that the disk was out of space.
After few seconds,GUI got stuck. I powered of the ...
