Where does Synaptic store its downloaded files

[Leo "TheHobbit" Cacciari]

Il 06/28/2011 09:46 PM, Jim Byrnes ha scritto:
> I was about half way through the down loading files portion of
> installing kde when I realized I had made a mistake and canceled the
> installation.
> 
> Where would the downloaded files be and what would be the best way to
> delete them?  I haven't closed Synaptic if that makes any difference.
> 
> Thanks,  Jim
> 

First, there is no need to delete those files, unless you are _really_
short of diskspace :) Anyhow, the files are stored in
/var/cache/apt/archives/

You may delete it either using rm or, better, using

sudo apt-get clean

TH

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