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Disk space on my root partition is running low, so I want to delete some applications from the system. How can I see which software packages use the most disk space? Is it possible to view that from aptitude?

I know about generic disk space analyzers like df or baobab, but i need solutions for installed applications.

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Easiest is to run wajig large. The package should be an apt-install-away.

Here's two links for other ways of doing it:

Also remember that the installed size is just part of the space taken up by packages. The compressed version is probably still in the cache, and that takes up some space too. Don't recall what the command is to purge the cache off the top of my head.

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The command to empty the package cache is apt-get clean. “clears out the local repository of retrieved package files” – man apt-get – manatwork Jun 10 '12 at 17:07

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