Manual for apt

[Colin Law]

On 3 September 2016 at 10:27, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Sep 2016 09:17:38 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
>>On 3 September 2016 at 09:01, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> Packages installed by either apt "full-upgrade" or "install", e.g.
>>>
>>>   # apt -o APT::Color="0" full-upgrade
>>>   # apt install alpine-pico
>>>
>>> are not stored in /var/cache/apt/archives/.
>>> As wanted apt-get "dist-upgrade" and "install" stores the packages in
>>> the cache.
>>
>>The install history is in /var/log/apt/history.log, but is that not
>>also the case for apt-get?
>
> Yes, but the Ubuntu 16.04 version of apt does not save the installed
> packages in _cache_.

Sorry, yes, I misunderstood your question.  In fact it seems that apt
does not keep the deb files at all, at least I cannot find them.  It
saves having to remember to do a clean occasionally I suppose.

Colin