cleanup arch package caches
October 20, 2022
Pacman stores all downloaded packages in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/.
It does not remove the old and uninstalled packages automatically.
This is intended behavior for handling situations like downgrading
a package without retrieve the previous version through the Arch Linux Archive.
Check size of cached packages #
du -sh /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
Cleaning the cache manually #
# delete cached packages that are not installed
sudo pacman -Sc
# delete caches including those that are currently installed.
sudo pacman -Scc