Synaptic is just the frontend of apt-get. The default location of which for downloaded packages is /var/apt/cache/archive. So if you have run out of disk space on the SSD, you can create a symbolically linked folder on your USB drive to /var/apt/cache/archive.

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OME9A wrote:

Okay I think　Ｉ　ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄ　ｂｕｔ　ｈｏｗ　ｗｏｕｌｄ　I go about doing that...?

You can try like this:

Open File Manager > create a folder named "archives" in your USB drive > click into that folder > then select "Tools" menu > "Open Console Window".

Now you should be in a konsole terminal with the path at something like /media/D:/archives>

Next rename the existing folder /var/apt/cache/archives, then copy its content into the new "archives" folder in your USB drive, and create a symbolic link to /var/apt/cache/archives.

sudo mv /var/apt/cache/archives /var/apt/cache/archives.orig
cp -R /var/apt/cache/archives.orig/* .
sudo ln -s /media/D:\/archives /var/apt/cache/archives

Be careful with the "D:\" thing. You can type "D:" first, then press [TAB] to allow the system to autocomplete the rest. Also change D to the correct drive letter your system has assigned to your USB drive.

Then you can proceed to install program as usual.

To return to original settings: delete the symbolic link and rename the folder "archives.orig" back to "archives":

cd /var/apt/cache/
sudo rm archives
sudo mv archives.orig archives

lagagnon wrote:

albkwan: great post! It would be nice if you put that in the wiki!

When I have time! There are too many wiki post I am working on now.