[solved] Apt cache 2.9gb (vero3-mediacenter-osmc_*)

Hi!
I wanted to upgrad widevine today but the system tells me there’s not enough internal storage.
so i looked around and found “ncdu” and with that little tool i found out that apt cache is about 3gb:

--- /var/cache/apt/archives --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         /..
   84.5 MiB [##########]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_18.3.0-21_armhf.deb
   84.2 MiB [######### ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-433_armhf.deb
   84.2 MiB [######### ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-430_armhf.deb
   84.2 MiB [######### ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-431_armhf.deb
   84.2 MiB [######### ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-432_armhf.deb
   84.0 MiB [######### ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-429_armhf.deb
   84.0 MiB [######### ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-428_armhf.deb
   68.9 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-360_armhf.deb
   68.9 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-361_armhf.deb
   68.9 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-359_armhf.deb
   68.8 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-356_armhf.deb
   68.8 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-357_armhf.deb
   68.8 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-358_armhf.deb
   68.8 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-353_armhf.deb
   68.8 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-355_armhf.deb
   68.8 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-352_armhf.deb
   68.8 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-349_armhf.deb
   68.8 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-354_armhf.deb
   68.8 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-351_armhf.deb
   68.8 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-348_armhf.deb
   68.1 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-346_armhf.deb
   68.1 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-347_armhf.deb
   67.7 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-342_armhf.deb
   67.7 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-345_armhf.deb
   67.7 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-343_armhf.deb
   67.7 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-341_armhf.deb
   67.7 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-340_armhf.deb
   67.7 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-339_armhf.deb
   67.7 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-338_armhf.deb
   67.7 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-337_armhf.deb
   67.6 MiB [########  ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-336_armhf.deb
   67.3 MiB [#######   ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-326_armhf.deb
   67.3 MiB [#######   ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-330_armhf.deb
   67.3 MiB [#######   ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-331_armhf.deb
   67.3 MiB [#######   ]  vero3-mediacenter-osmc_17.8-328_armhf.deb

all these files are there after apt-cache autoclean. can i delete the vero3 files manually?

You can delete the files manually without issues.

1 Like

I’ll make some changes to automatically clean up the cache regularly.

Sam