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I have an amd64 bit comp. and I see many files i386. how do I remove unneeded i386 files?

Asked by jordie9

Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU P7450 @ 2.13GHz × 2
13.04 raring
gnome shell

I have over 55k of downloaded files when I view via synaptic. There are many i386 files. would like to know how to remove unneeded i386 files. Thank you

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Do you have Picasa or Skype installed?

Thanks

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jordie9 (jordie9) said : 		#2

yes I have skype installed

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Then that's why. The Skype client is 32bit only but your OS is multiarch so you hauled in all the 32bit deps to your OS. This is due to lazy or dumb development of Skype. Great system huh...

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jordie9 (jordie9) said : 		#4

If I remove skype will that remove ubwanted files? thanx

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Sure. They will no longer be needed

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jordie9 (jordie9) said : 		#6

ok, I removed skype and still have over 64k in packages. Are there any other programs that may be adding these files. Thank you again.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

64kb....that's nothing at all.

Try:

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

You can also install deborphan and run:

sudo apt-get --purge remove `deborphan`

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jordie9 (jordie9) said : 		#8

Thank you very much. It works beautifully. So much junk on my machine. lol Mucho thanx for your help!

Ade

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jordie9 (jordie9) said : 		#9

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.