When using apt, can I tell it to use other then /var/cache/apt location?I tried adding the following line in /etc/apt/apt.conf:% cat /etc/apt/apt.confDir::Cache /home/aptand re-run apt but it still writes in /var/cache/apt
change cache location path for APT
debian;apt;package management
You can add one of the following lines to any file inside /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ or to /etc/apt/apt.conf:Dir::Cache{Archives /home/apt/}Dir::Cache::Archives /home/apt;This will store all partially/full downloaded .deb files inside /home/apt.Dir{Cache /home/apt}Dir::Cache /home/apt;This will store pkgcache.bin, srcpkgcache.bin inside /home/apt and all partially/full downloaded .deb files inside /home/apt/archivesRemember to add enough privileges to _apt user to that directory, so that everything works properly.You can see the whole configuration of apt with apt-config dump, for example:> apt-config dump | grep Dir::CacheDir::Cache /home/apt;Dir::Cache::archives archives/;Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache srcpkgcache.bin;Dir::Cache::pkgcache pkgcache.bin;