How to reclaim root space after update+upgrade?

[Schwarze Wellen]

Hi, I'm new to Proxmox VE and I've been regularly updating my single node running VE 8 using the "no subscription" repos.

I've noticed that my "local" root directory storage (NOT local-lvm) loses several hundred MB every time this happens. I'm assuming this is normal and just the leftover packages?

What's the recommended procedure or command to clean this up post-upgrade? I have plenty of space now but I can see this becoming problematic over time.

 

[wowo]

Hey. First check where the clutter is stacking up. ncdu is a good tool for that.

apt install ncdu
ncdu /

Most probably it's the apt cache.
apt, the Debian package manager keeps old versions of packages by default.

apt clean

clears the package cache.

Cheers
wowo

 

[Schwarze Wellen]

Hey. First check where the clutter is stacking up. ncdu is a good tool for that.

apt install ncdu
ncdu /

Most probably it's the apt cache.
apt, the Debian package manager keeps old versions of packages by default.

apt clean

clears the package cache.

Cheers
wowo

Thanks, I ran

apt clean

but it doesn't result in any output. Normal? I think it did knock off a few hundred MB though.

 

[Kingneutron]

No output on that command is normal, you only need to worry if it exits with non-zero return code (which I have never heard of)

 

[Schwarze Wellen]

No output on that command is normal, you only need to worry if it exits with non-zero return code (which I have never heard of)

Thanks, I figured as much.

 

[Mr.Doubt]

Try

apt --purge autoremove

Use with care

 

[Schwarze Wellen]

Just wanted to say:

apt autoremove

Is the command that freed up several gigs of space on the root partition. I think there were old kernels leftover from previous updates.

apt clean
Did help, but not nearly as much as autoremove.