My /var/cache/apt/archives directory has almost 9000 items and is over 12 GB big. All it contains is a bunch of .deb files. Do I need this file or can I delete it to save hard drive space?
View 2 RepliesI really want to free up disk spaces in my ubuntu, so i look up disk analyzer then i saw /var/cache/apt/archives take about 1.2GB space from my disk. can i deleted those packages to free up disk spaces? the packages there is a *.deb files, when i click on some them, it open ubuntu software center. an the ubuntu software center describe the newer upgrade is installed.
View 5 Replies View RelatedThere is this directory with a lot of .deb files in it. /var/cache/apt/archives
Can i delete all these files in that directory? is it safe? They are temporary files right?
A few releases ago things used to work this way, but seemingly since Jaunty it no longer does seem to work:
This used to work: I have several Ubuntu machines to upgrade and limited (and highly expensive) bandwidth available. In the past I would upgrade/update one machine and copy the contents of /var/cache/apt/archives to the other machines to be upgraded. When updating/upgrading the distro the packages that already exist in /var/cache/apt/archives would not be downloaded from the Internet while utilising the locally cached .deb files, saving time and bandwidth.
The Problem: I have noticed that since 9.10 (and with 10.04) this no longer appears to work. While the .deb packages may exist in /var/cache/apt/archives, the same packages would be downloaded from the Internet regardless of the same .deb file existing in /var/cache/apt/archives/.
Question: What is wrong and how can I restore the functionality present in copying cached packages from machine to machine in order to save bandwidth?
Why I need this to work: At work (and I have no control over this...) we are limited to a total bandwidth of 3Gb per month for multiple users. Needless to say a single upgrade of a recent Ubuntu distro can decimate a large proportion of our monthly available bandwidth. Upgrading multiple machines is absolutely out of the question if the packages have to be downloaded every time.
An apt-cache server is not an option: The option of a local apt-cache server is not feasible due to the same 3Gb bandwidth constraint. An apt-cache server requires 15Gb storage per version of Ubuntu and the downloading/upgrading of 15Gb worth of packages for that storage is not an option due to the 3Gb limitation.
I have a wanderfulley working Kubuntu Karmic 9.10 box and love it. now I just did another install of 9.10 on a old box that dosent have eney network card. the old thing is runing prity well but I want it set up like this one that I'm on now SO I thought I'd try aptoncd the trouble is that I have done apt-get clean a few times sence seting this box up so wat's left in /var/cache/apt/archives is a varey incomplete set of packages. I'm trying to find a way to reload the /var/cache/apt/archives with all insaled packages.
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I ran into some complications with my ubuntu 10.10 install and couldn't boot into the desktop. I decided to use a live CD to get access to my downloaded cached packages and copied them to my windows partition, now I've re-installed ubuntu and manually restored the apps into the /archives/ directory, I've installed a lot of apps from the directory already but AptOnCD has refused to properly reflect the apps I have there, is there something I'm overlooking?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a dedicated server and I am having email issues etc (seemingly) because the /var directory is 97% full
I would like to know if it is safe to clear it and how to clear it (assuming it will not disrupt/kill server services to do so).
I have a 'Matrix' control panel so i can view the storage etc but it does not have an way of clearing the /Var directory.
I have Putty Access to root but do not know much about command line access.
I found a few threads but the information is not clear to me as there seems to be an assumption of (basic?) knowledge I don't yet have.
My linux support guru that usually does this kind of thing for me is away and not contactable and my server is grinding to a halt and unable to store/send email.
I have only a very basic understanding of command line but really need to get this sorted ASAP.
Is it possible and SAFE to delete files via FTP from the /var/cache/apt/archives?
I was installing compiz on my machine and towards the end of installation i got an error saying:
dpkg:error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/udev-151-3-i386.deb
The program returned valude 1 or something towards that direction. I rebooted my X server however i got an error saying X server encountered a problem. I did apt-get install compiz and found out that many dependencies were missing so i tried apt-get -f install but i got the same error message at the end of the day. Im currently booted on windows XP.
I am running Ubuntu NN 11.04 on an AMD64x2 system, all updates current. I am trying to install a Canon Pixma ip1800 printer with no success after many hours of trying. I have 2GB RAM, an NVIDIA 256GB graphics card and 1TB HD. 11.04 runs great, recognizes my scanner (a separate Canon 670U), but no matter what, I cannot get the software to install correctly, although other Ubuntu Forums have posted instructions. Below is my Terminal output. Can you assist with specific instructions to use. I have tried removing and re-installing packages with Synaptic Package Manager and commands in terminal with no success.
See following for terminal i/o:
I have the following issue:
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results in above error.
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results in above error.
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Is not able to fix this.
I have the same problem with my Ubuntu 9.10. I am using 64-bit computer and 64-bit Ubuntu.When I tried to install Flashplayer I got the message"E:/var/cache/apt/archives/flashplugin-installer_10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1_amd64.deb: conflicting packages - not installing flashplugin-installer "I tried to un-install all flash-player by "Synaptic Package Manager" and even un-install firefox. Then re-install them back. But still got this problem.I have tried many way I could. But now I am stuck.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI was trying to update from 9.04 to 9.10.
During the installation, I kept getting tons of errors. Finally something came up saying that I had to abort the installation and it did some stuff. I tried running an application, but I got an error. So I restarted the system.
The normal screen came up where I had to choose the Ubuntu stuff (I'm new to Ubuntu) in the box. I noticed that it had gone to 8.10... which I had earlier before installing 9.04, which went great. So I chose the first on and the system failed to start. I rebooted and tried all the other options, but they all had errors. Now I'm booted to Windows.
I installed Ubuntu from a CD I created. But it is now outdated because it is 8.10, and I have already upgraded to 9.04. 9.04 to 9.10 is where stuff went wrong.
my problem is the terminal:
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) , are you root?
I'm looking to make a script that will do the following;
yum update -y
cd /home
wget [URL]
sh latest
(install various scripts like ConfigServer series, ClamAV)
edit settings in files
delete any downloaded archives (clean up)
reboot/delete self
Lately I sometimes get the error message:
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E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory
when I try to update. I get this using both the Update Manager or using
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
I try to build live usb-hdd on my Lenny and get this problem:
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I'm using squid as a proxy in our organization. My problem is whenever the squid cache folder size exceeds 3 GB our proxy server starts to hang. Is there a way to write a script that it will automatically delete the squid cash when it exceeds the 3GB limit.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI've found a website [URL] that I've downloaded Basilisk II [URL] and SheepShaver [URL] from, I converted both inton deb archive using the command sudo alien, but while they both successfully converted and installed, and show up in the Applications menu, only Basilisk II launches. When I click on the SheepShaver icon, nothing happens. I had this problem with another SheepShaver RPM I downloaded elsewhere. I really want to use SheepShaver to run Mac OS 9 on my laptop, is there something I can do to get it to run?
View 7 Replies View Relatedupon browsing the home folder in my ubuntu system, i came across a hidden cache folder..
it occupied around 700 mb of space..and im falling short of space..
can i delete the contents in the folder? are they safe to delete?
I don't understand this error nor do I know how to solve the issue that is causing the error. Anyone care to comment?
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Error: Caching enabled but no local cache of //var/cache/yum/updates-newkey/filelists.sqlite.bz2 from updates-newkey
I know JohnVV. "Install a supported version of Fedora, like Fedora 11". This is on a box that has all 11 releases of Fedora installed. It's a toy and I like to play around with it.
I was laughing about klackenfus's post with the ancient RH install, and then work has me dig up an old server that has been out of use for some time. It has some proprietary binaries installed that intentionally tries to hide files to prevent copying (and we are no longer paying for support or have install binaries), so a clean install is not preferable.
Basically it has been out of commission for so long, that the apt-get upgrade DL is larger than the /var partition (apt caches to /var/cache/apt/archives).
I can upgrade the bigger packages manually until I get under the threshold, but then I learn nothing new. So I'm curious if I can redirect the cache of apt to a specified folder either on the command line or via a config setting?
I installed squid cache on my ubuntu server 10.10 and it is work fine but i want to know how to make it cache all files like .exe .mp3 .avi ....etc. and the other thing i want to know is how to make my client take the files from the cache in the full speed. since am using mikrotik system to use pppoe for clients and i match it with my ubuntu squid
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View 2 Replies View Relatedi was looking for a way to stop my menus taking a few seconds to load my icons when i first open them and found a few guides suggesting using the gtk-upate-icon-cache command, but with the any colour you like icon theme i'm using (stored in my home folder .icons directory) i kept getting a "gtk-update-icon-cache: The generated cache was invalid." fault i used the inbuilt facility in the acyl script to copy the icons to the usr/share/icons directory and tried the command again, this time using sudo gtk-update-icon-cache --force --ignore-theme-index /usr/share/icons/ACYL_Icon_Theme_0.8.1/ but i still get the same error. i tried with several of the custom icon themes i've installed and only 1 of the first 7 or 8 i tried successfully created the cache.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have downloaded a petri net tool petrify.tar.gz.Then extracted it using archive manager.But unable to install it.How could I install it?Is there any commands or instructions for installing it?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI cannot download any package from the greek ubuntu server. The same problem has a friend of mine. Is there any problem with these servers? The error is 404, not found, something very important
View 1 Replies View RelatedWould it cause any issues to delete the cached archives from the installed packages? I have almost a gig of space being taken up and would like to get the space back.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI've never really used command line to do such things but I'd like to learn. So, how do I extract all archives that are spread across several directories in one go?
For instance:
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Work/
Work/Today/a.rar
Work/Tomorrow/b.rar
Work/Yesterday/c.rar
Receive the following error when trying to install packages using Software Center or Synaptic Manager. Was working fine just until the other day.Failed to fetch 4.5-1_i386.deb Could not connect to my.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (203.106.62.8. - connect (111: Connection refused)I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 - the Maverick Meerkat - released in October 2010
I tried the following:
sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --configure -a
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