pkgcache.bin

[Rog131]

Re: pkgcache.bin

From googles mouth:

APT-RPM configuration options
http://apt-rpm.org/options.shtml

pkgcache Apt's memory mapped package cache location, normally /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin

it is dangerous to delete pkgcache.bin ?

No - package managers just make new one.


Sometimes it is good to remove pkgcache.bin:
apt-get, aptitude, synaptic, update- manager crash
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=299705

Try removing /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin and /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin then re-run apt-get update
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=383223 for the bug that has been logged (https://launchpad.net/products/apt/+bug/63850 is the launchpad link)

What does contains pkgcache.bin under /var/cache/apt ? Why if have 2 computer ... after making apt-get update the pkgcache.bin is not the same ? I have tried to deleted this and I have noted that pkgcache.bin will be created by a apt-get update ... it is dangerous to delete pkgcache.bin ?