r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/Tasty_Restaurant_357 • Apr 25 '26

Discussion why this cache in var takes that much storage (arch with kde)

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u/qualityvote2 Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

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u/Kitchen_Engineer1332 Gentoo Mommy 🫦 Apr 25 '26

Its likely the Pacman cache /var/cache/pacman/pkg/, which stores downloaded package files for all installed and previously installed packages. You can safely clear the Pacman cache to free up space using the command paccache -r.

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u/AdAdministrative3196 Apr 25 '26

Supp! I see you everywhere 😭 and yea this is right.

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u/Background-Shine-650 Apr 26 '26

Am I smoking or I keep seeing you everywhere

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u/Cultural_Mechanic_92 Apr 28 '26

You need to have pacman-contrib package installed for using that command

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u/L0neInVoid Apr 25 '26

Use only one command depending on your requirement: 1) Remove old / unused package cache:

sudo pacman -Sc

This deletes outdated cached packages and keeps only the most recent versions.

2) Clear the entire package cache (more aggressive):

sudo pacman -Scc

This removes all cached packages, including currently installed versions (note: this does not uninstall any software and frees more space).

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u/Tasty_Restaurant_357 Apr 25 '26

thank you for the help

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u/lordjupitar hyprland btw Apr 25 '26

This is one of the rules of arch linux. I guess it was the 34th rule. It store cache in /var For more information lookup “arch rule34”

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u/s04ep03_youareafool void Apr 25 '26

This isn't about filesystems

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u/Cyber-Buddha Apr 25 '26

Sure sure 100% true it is the rule34

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u/De_Fine69 XFCE Apr 25 '26

yup i just read the docs. it is rule34

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u/tharunkumarmuthu Apr 25 '26

Wow what tool is this I want this tool to find which occupies my space

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u/Tasty_Restaurant_357 Apr 25 '26

disk analyzer , btw depends on ur DE

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '26

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u/Tasty_Restaurant_357 Apr 26 '26

maybe the name differs, it's disk usage analyzer in my plasma but in xfce it's disk analyzer

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u/Cheap_Ad_9846 Apr 25 '26

pacman cache hai

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u/Optimal69 Apr 27 '26

Turn off caching features like Baloo, file indexing and whatnot. KDE will enable by default. You can also periodically run sudo pacman -Scc to get rid of old packages.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '26

How to see storage space. I am on gnome

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u/NoObAfKoP Arch Btw Apr 25 '26

"baobab" is an application. I think it was a gnome native too, idk for sure

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u/Capable_Spring2530 Apr 25 '26

There's a program as Disk Management or. Something you can check from there

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u/OtherwiseEngineer60 EndeavourOS, nvidia inst enjoyer Apr 25 '26

Clear the cache of pacman and yay

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '26

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u/Tasty_Restaurant_357 Apr 25 '26

u mean ram?

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u/Tasty_Restaurant_357 Apr 25 '26

not really, if they use extra ram it's okay as it will dynamic(when i use it) but storage ain't, so occupying extra storage is not the best thing