[Bug 674346] Re: Packages aren't deleted after installation

[Robert Roth]

@Jacob found the reason for this bug: update-manager in 10.04 uses synaptic as it's default backend (to install/update packages) but has now moved to aptdaemon as a default backend (don't know for sure whether it was for 10.10 or 11.04, I think 10.10 it was). 
Jacob is also right that update-manager doesn't have a setting for that in it's settings panel (software-properties), and based on this investigtation this bug is about software-properties (update manager settings) not having a setting to delete packages after install/update, I am reassigning this bug to software-properties and updating the title and description with this information, and also subscribing Ayatana Design and mpt (the designer who has made the design for the update manager settings panel) to comment on the issue, and if required, update the design with the new option, or suggest any better ideas where the cleanup option should appear (as Computer Janitor is not part of the default install anymore, and it was not automatic anyway)

** Package changed: synaptic (Ubuntu) => software-properties (Ubuntu)

** Summary changed:

- Packages aren't deleted after installation
+ No option to delete package files after installed/updated them

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: synaptic
+ Since update-manager has updated it's default backend to aptdaemon
+ (10.04 was using synaptic) the synaptic option to delete the packages
+ after they have been installed/updated does not affect the packages
+ downloaded/installed/updated by download manager, causing a regression,
+ especially bad for computers with limited space.
  
- Description:	Ubuntu 10.10
- Release:	10.10
- 
- synaptic:
-   Installed: 0.63.1ubuntu14
-   Candidate: 0.63.1ubuntu14
-   Version table:
-  *** 0.63.1ubuntu14 0
-         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
- 
- Expected: With the "Delete downloaded packages after installation"
- option enabled in Settings -> Preferences -> Files tab -> Temporary
- Files, the packages in /var/cache/apt/archives are deleted after
- installation from Synaptic, Update Manager, and Software Center.
- 
- Actually Happens: Packages remain in /var/cache/apt/archives after
- installation. Clicking Apply on the Temporary Files dialog does clean
- the packages, but not after installation of packages like expected.
+ So the problem is that there is no user-configurable option to
+ automatically delete .deb files from /var/cache after they have been
+ installed from software-center or update-manager, eating up disk space.

** Also affects: ayatana-design
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Tags added: needs-design

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)

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Title:
  No option to delete package files after installed/updated them

Status in Ayatana Design:
  New
Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Since update-manager has updated it's default backend to aptdaemon
  (10.04 was using synaptic) the synaptic option to delete the packages
  after they have been installed/updated does not affect the packages
  downloaded/installed/updated by download manager, causing a
  regression, especially bad for computers with limited space.

  So the problem is that there is no user-configurable option to
  automatically delete .deb files from /var/cache after they have been
  installed from software-center or update-manager, eating up disk
  space.

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