Linux Maintenance

[wizardfromoz]

1. just a tip, tom - for the viewers - a before and after figure makes for a good comparison

2. here's another example from another forum (from which i was banned over 3 years ago, but that is another story for elsewhere )

i wrote an article on hoovering linux over 4 years ago

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/605768/hoovering-linux-housekeeping-benefits/

one of the members there, pcpunk, had, then, an HP with only an 80 GB hard drive. from following the above command with the archives cache, he found he had 2.7 GB he could get rid of, to save space and improve performance.

tip 3 - includes distros that use systemd and with that, journald.

i'll show you an example in my next post.

cheers

wizard

 

[jjconstr]

g'day jj

you've been running "the Beaver" for a few months now, hopefully performing updates.

if you get a chance, go to Terminal and type in and enter the following

du -ah /var/cache/apt/archives

it wiil spool off output, and i am interested in the human-readable figure at the bottom left-hand side when you finish.

cheers all and

Avagudweegend

wizard

Hello Wiz, thanks for the memory jogger! Needed that! The figure lower left is 274m.

 

[jjconstr]

remove unwanted files in your linux machine and many more. please check out the right commands to use to clean up and maintain your linux machine online.

Where are the cleanup tools online? Thanks, great post, good ideas. I feel like I'm being educated.
jjconstr

 

[wizardfromoz]

jj i have to fly shortly, most of us use in-house tools that already ship with our linuxes and that link of Tom's (@poorguy ) at #21 is useful.

i'll be back tomorrow with more detail

wizard

 

[jjconstr]

@jjconstr ... just a memory jogger, did you have a figure for my post #8?

https://linux.org/threads/linux-maintenance.28579/post-89609

cheers

wiz

@jjconstr ... just a memory jogger, did you have a figure for my post #8?

https://linux.org/threads/linux-maintenance.28579/post-89609

cheers

wiz

Wiz, Reposting the answer to your question; The figure lower left is 274m. Not sure if my original post was recieved. If it was, what does the figure tell you? Thanks!

 

[wizardfromoz]

g'day jj - if you really want to reclaim most of the 274m, then in Terminal

sudo apt-get clean

and then du -ah again will show the difference.

i'll show more examples today, been busy with physio on my arm and hand last few days.

cheers and

Avagudweegend

wiz

 

[jjconstr]

g'day jj - if you really want to reclaim most of the 274m, then in Terminal

sudo apt-get clean

and then du -ah again will show the difference.

i'll show more examples today, been busy with physio on my arm and hand last few days.

cheers and

Avagudweegend

wiz

Thanks a lot! So, is the 274m, mebabytes? That's worth cleaning out!
How is your shoulder coming? Did you break bones, or rotater cuff?

Avaguweegend yaseff

 

[Deleted member 58530]

@jjconstr

Running the command that @wizardfromoz posted in post # 30 and sudo apt autoremove should clear out your remaining leftovers.

The 274m is mebabytes and although ain't much is always worth clearing imo.

 

[Deleted member 58530]

@wizardfromoz

I believe this is what you wanted and I should have posted originally.

Before.

Spoiler

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[email protected]:~$

Ran these commands.

sudo apt clean
sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt autoremove

After.

[email protected]:~$  du -ah /var/cache/apt/archives
du: cannot read directory '/var/cache/apt/archives/partial': Permission denied
4.0K    /var/cache/apt/archives/partial
0    /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
36K    /var/cache/apt/archives
[email protected]:~$