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Is it possible to clean the APT cache from the command line?

rated 0 times [ 235] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 281822 / 2 Years ago, fri, march 4, 2022, 12:09:10

I ask because Ubuntu Tweak's Janitor is frozen due to the sheer number of packages in the cache that accumulated during the upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04.

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answered 2 Years ago moloy · Accepted Answer

sudo apt-get clean will do what you want, though it does seem odd that it would freeze based on the amount of packages in the cache.