Autoclean in xbps

[staryvyr]

Hi,

I am running Linux Void since a couple of months on serveral machines and my /var/cache/xbps folders are becoming more and more crowed.

Is there an option for XBPS to do an autoclean, that can be employed to do something similar like the autoclean option of APT? (i,.e. to remove the xbps from the cache folder for that a newer version is already installed and to keep the xbps files containing the currently installed version?

Bests,
staryvyr

[incident]

Is there an option for XBPS to do an autoclean, that can be employed to do something similar like the autoclean option of APT?

// Cleaning package cache
# xbps-remove -yO

// Removing orphaned packages
# xbps-remove -yo

// Purging old kernels...
# vkpurge rm all

Found at this source.

Best regards.

[staryvyr]

// Cleaning package cache
# xbps-remove -yO

// Removing orphaned packages
# xbps-remove -yo

// Purging old kernels...
# vkpurge rm all

Found at this source.

Best regards.

Thanks a lot!

But if I not want to clean the whole cache, is there any option to clean only these xbps-files that are assigned to older versions of an installed package -- i.e. I want to keep the xbps-files of of the current versions???

[colin]

hey staryvyr ,

you might take a look at the manual https://man.voidlinux.org/xbps-remove.1

the option -O removes obsolete packages

[staryvyr]

Oh, I read at first something else in the man page, my fault. Thank you both again!

[incident]

But if I not want to clean the whole cache, is there any option to clean only these xbps-files that are assigned to older versions of an installed package -- i.e. I want to keep the xbps-files of of the current versions???

xbps-remove -O removes packages from cache which have a newer version available in remote repositories. It doesn't remove uninstalled up to date packages because that's how cache is supposed to work.

and

xbps-remove -o uninstalls orphaned packages, it has nothing to do with the cache

That's what I found there.

Is that what you're looking for?

[incident]

Oh, @colin was faster!

[colin]

Oh, I read at first something else in the man page, my fault. Thank you both again!

you may join the german section ...

[incident]

Oh, I read at first something else in the man page, my fault. Thank you both again!

Me too ... so I started a web search ....

[staryvyr]

you may join the german section ...

I just was to stupid to read correcty which happens if I do it just "along the way" -- also in German.
So thank you, @incident and @colin!

[pid1]

xbps-remove -O, as recommended above, would be the ideal way to clean the XBPS cache of old, no-longer installed, or outdated package files. Use caution as you may encounter a situation where you wish to install a previous version of a package after an undocumented change - especially when it comes to network or GUI related packages.

Additionally, you can consider using a tmpfs filesytem for /var/cache/xbps so all of the package files are stored solely in a volatile tmpfs - cleared on each reboot. I use this method on my desktops and servers, however let my laptop store the files normally for events where I need to revert to a package and WiFi internet is not available or a problem.

/etc/fstab file:

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tmpfs    /var/cache/xbps    tmpfs    mode=0755    0 0

Commands:

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rm -rf /var/cache/xbps
mkdir /var/cache/xbps
chmod 000 /var/cache/xbps
mount /var/cache/xbps

Now all package files will be downloaded to virtual memory (RAM/swap) and will be cleared upon reboot. This is not recommended on low memory systems.

[staryvyr]

Thanks @pid1 also for these suggestions that I am going to consider.

[Pullockaran]

Namaskaram pid1, thank you very much for the script and the commands. Works perfectly for me. Wish I had chanced upon this earlier. Keeps Void really trim and fit, without an iota of bloat. After installing all the programmes I use, the space used by Void is 3.7GiB or (4,002,107,324 bytes) as measured by Thunar. Namaskaram.