![]() In Ubuntu search for “ Software & Updates” and in Linux Mint, search for “ Software Sources” from the Unity Dash and System Menu respectively. In this article, we will show you various ways of adding or removing a PPA to or from software sources respectively in Ubuntu Linux and it’s derivatives such as Linux Mint, Lubuntu, Kubuntu etc. ![]() This makes it is easy for Ubuntu users to install your packages in the same way they install standard Ubuntu packages, and importantly, they will automatically get updates once you make them available. PPA is a unique software repository intended for non standard software/updates it helps you to share out software and updates directly to Ubuntu users.Īll you need to do is create your source package, upload it and Launchpad will build binaries and then host them in your own apt repository. $ rm -rf ~/.Personal Package Archives ( PPA) enables you to upload Ubuntu source packages to be built and published as an apt repository by Launchpad. ![]() Run the following command to delete them permanently from your system. Run the following command to check the current utilization of APT cache. If it’s really filling up your hard drive then you can delete things without worrying. It can be generated again or downloaded again. The cache folder is a place where programs stored data they may need again, it is kept for quick access but is not essential to keep. This can be easily done via “Ubuntu Software Center”. I would request you to check the installed packages and games on your system and delete them if you are using rarely. It removes all packages kept in the apt cache. Over time, this cache can quickly grow and hold a lot of space on your system. Ubuntu system keeps a cache of DEB packages in /var/cache/apt/archives directory. Ubuntu also does the same, it keeps every updates it downloads and installs in a cache on your disk. Ubuntu uses APT Command (Advanced Package Tool) for package management like installing, removing, searching, etc.īy default every Linux operating system keeps a cache of downloaded and installed packages on their respective directory. To clean up this, simply use the file manager to empty your trash can. This is one of the best way to clean up those and get some free space on your system. There might a be chance, that you may have a large amount of useless data residing in your trash.It takes up your system space. Mariadb-common* mariadb-server-10.1* mariadb-server-core-10.1* mysql-common* sntp* Libopts25* libterm-readkey-perl* mariadb-client-10.1* mariadb-client-core-10.1* Libdbd-mysql-perl* libdbi-perl* libjemalloc1* liblua5.2-0* libmysqlclient20* Libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3* libaprutil1-ldap* libconfig-inifiles-perl* $ sudo apt-get autoremove -purgeĪpache2-bin* apache2-data* apache2-utils* galera-3* libaio1* libapr1* libaprutil1* To purge them, use the -purge option together with the command for that. Mariadb-server-10.1 mariadb-server-core-10.1 mysql-common sntp socatĠ upgraded, 0 newly installed, 25 to remove and 23 not upgraded.Īfter this operation, 189 MB disk space will be freed. Libterm-readkey-perl mariadb-client-10.1 mariadb-client-core-10.1 mariadb-common Libdbi-perl libjemalloc1 liblua5.2-0 libmysqlclient20 libopts25 Libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libconfig-inifiles-perl libdbd-mysql-perl $ sudo apt-get autoremoveĪpache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils galera-3 libaio1 libapr1 libaprutil1 It removes orphaned packages which are not longer needed from the system, but not purges them. These packages were installed automatically to satisfy the dependencies of an installed package.Īlso, it removes old Linux kernels that were installed in the system. The following command removes the dependency libs and packages that are no longer required by the system. GUI users can use “Disk Usage Analyzer tool” to view current usage.ġ) Remove the unwanted packages that are no longer required $ df -hįilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on Use df Command to check current disk utilization on your system. How to check Free Space on Ubuntu systems? In this article, I’ll show you some of the easiest or simple ways to clean up your Ubuntu system and get more space. There is no need to clean up your system when you have enough storage capacity.īut if your have limited space then freeing up disk space becomes a necessity. There are several ways to clean up our system space. Housekeeping is one of the routine task of Linux administrator, which allows them to maintain the disk utilization which is under threshold. It should be performed frequently, to make space for installing any new application and dealing with other important files. Most of us will free up the disk space whenever we face out of disk space on Linux system.
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