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possible values for Autocleaninterval for APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";

Asked by gourig

I want to setup an autoclean in my Ubuntu 14.04

I found out that we can adjust the Autocleaninterval from "0" to "7" to make an weekly cleaning.

I wanted to confirm how can i adjust it to make a monthly cleaning or daily should it be "30" or "1"

Will be glad to get a reply.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

The comments at the beginning of /etc/cron.daily/apt state

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# APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
# - Do "apt-get autoclean" every n-days (0=disable)
...

So it seems that a 'monthly' cleaning is not provided, but setting the value to 30 should do that every 30 days (which is nearly the same).

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Could cron a job yourself as root.

Something like:

0 1 1 * * apt-get clean

Will clean the apt cache at 1:00am on the first of every month....

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gourig (gouri-gaikwad89) said : 		#3

I would like to get more info on this command.

 Also if I want to disable it how can i do it?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

man apt-get

in a terminal