Clearing the Arch Package Cache

Just like on Debian, Arch will not clear its package cache:

$ du -hs /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
103G    /var/cache/pacman/pkg/

Just like you can clear it with apt-get clean on Debian, you can do:

# pacman -Scc

However, if you only pass it -Sc, it'll only remove the package versions you don't have installed:

[root@quanah ~]# pacman -Sc
Packages to keep:
  All locally installed packages

Cache directory: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
:: Do you want to remove all other packages from cache? [Y/n]

Adding the second c makes it remove those archives too.

Happy cleaning!

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