No feedback on "Delete Cached Package Files" button press

Bug #97563 reported by Mikko Ohtamaa
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Bug Description

My 11 GB Feisty partition became full. I try to release space by clearing package cache.

1) Synaptic doesn't show how much space cache uses. I need to figure it out by manually browsing file system and I need to know some of apt internals for this.

2) Nothing happens when I press "Delete Cached Files"
     * Was there any files in cache
     * Are they deleted now

0.57.11.1ubuntu12

Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in synaptic:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

By default we run a cron job every day that limits the cache to 500 mb. older packages are deleted before new ones.

Some time ago there was a spec for a clean-up-tool. But it was never brought to real life.

You can use Baobab to analyze the disc space.

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