Re: 3.3 gigs in /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata after dnf system-upgrade

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On Mon, 2016-12-26 at 20:58 +0000, Schlaegel wrote:
> I followed the instructions in the Fedora 25 Installation Guide and the DNF
> system upgrade document, using `sudo dnf system-upgrade download --refresh
> --releasever=25` and then the `sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot` command.
> 
> I then worked through an issue with the stock repositories and packages
> causing my Nvidia graphics to lock up, and I eventually had a working
> system.
> 
> After a month of updates, I started seeing warnings about the size of the
> var partition. Somehow /var/cache/PackageKit/24/metadata is still there and
> very large. I tried `sudo pkcon refresh force -c -1` but I still have 3.3
> gigs in PackageKit's Fedora 24 directory.
> 
> What would be a good course of action?
> I'm reluctant to use root to just delete the files, assuming that they are
> in some PackageKit database somewhere.
> Is there another step that should be added to the DNF system upgrade
> document to have this directory cleaned?

dnf clean packages

For other options: 'man dnf' and look under 'clean'.

poc
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