Where does Synaptic store its downloaded files

[Jim Byrnes]

On 06/28/2011 03:09 PM, Leo "TheHobbit" Cacciari wrote:
> 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
>

Leo,

Thanks, sudo apt-get clean worked.  No, disk space is not short but I 
can remember the old days when it was and tend to want to clean up.

Regards, Jim