Clear the APT cache to reclaim disk space used by the downloaded packages.
Inspect APT cache configuration
Check out the current APT cache configuration using the following command.
$ apt-config dump | grep "^Dir\( \|::Ca\)"
Dir "/"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::Backup "backup/";
Remove every package from the cache
Perform a simulation of the whole process.
$ sudo apt-get clean --dry-run
Del /var/cache/apt/archives/* /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/* Del /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/* Del /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin
Remove retrieved package files.
$ sudo apt-get clean
Remove outdated packages from the cache
$ sudo apt-get autoclean --dry-run
Remove retrieved package files that can no longer be downloaded.
$ sudo apt-get autoclean
credit: https://blog.sleeplessbeastie.eu/2017/10/09/how-to-clean-the-apt-cache/