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This command can't auto-clean these useless files, I have to remove them by myself, what can I do?

The result of my laptop:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Del firefox-locale-en 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [667 kB]
Del software-properties-common 0.92.37.5 [9,370 B]
Del youtube-dl 2015.10.06.2-1~webupd8~trusty1 [581 kB]
Del software-properties-gtk 0.92.37.5 [46.8 kB]
Del linux-libc-dev 3.13.0-66.108 [775 kB]
Del firefox-locale-zh-hant 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [452 kB]
Del python3-apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.16 [75.2 kB]
Del linux-signed-generic-lts-vivid 3.19.0.31.18 [1,830 B]
Del apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.16 [181 kB]
Del linux-signed-image-generic-lts-vivid 3.19.0.31.18 [2,300 B]
Del firefox 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [41.5 MB]
Del python3-software-properties 0.92.37.5 [19.1 kB]
Del linux-headers-generic-lts-vivid 3.19.0.31.18 [2,242 B]
Del python3-problem-report 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.16 [9,884 B]

The result of my PC:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done

It doesn't make sense.

Maybe it's time to reinstall the system...and StackExchange sucks at supporting Chinese...

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  • It will delete some .deb files not all. Don't you see atleast a few? – Ravan Nov 4 '15 at 14:22
  • It doesn't clean anyone of them on my PC, but it works on my laptop, unless I clean them all by apt-get clean. – JulianLai Nov 4 '15 at 14:24
  • ok edit Q and add output of ls -l in cd /var/cache/apt/archives before and after running sudo apt-get autoclean – Ravan Nov 4 '15 at 14:27
  • The result is written above. – JulianLai Nov 4 '15 at 16:01
  • Nice idea. I too currently needed count =) – Ravan Nov 5 '15 at 1:06
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I don't see any error in this question.

From manual of apt-get:

autoclean:

Like clean, autoclean clears out the local repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without it growing out of control. The configuration option APT::Clean-Installed will prevent installed packages from being erased if it is set to off.

It means autoclean never clean sweep ( I mean remove all) packages in /var/cache/apt/archives.

In your case, there might be nothing to remove.

Take my case as example:

Output of ls -l in /var/cache/archives

Before execution of sudo apt-get autoclean

ravan@ravan:/var/cache/apt/archives$ ls -l
total 330584

After execution:

ravan@ravan:/var/cache/apt/archives$ ls -l
total 234852

Further more, if you execute the command you will get like this,

ravan@ravan:~$ sudo apt-get autoclean
[sudo] password for ravan: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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  • My question have been edited, but I have changed my system, so I don't care about it anymore......I still appreciate for your help. – JulianLai Nov 18 '15 at 6:28

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