When should I use this docker-clean?
Use it to restore a missing default, confirm what shipped, or diff against your current APT config.
# Since for most Docker users, package installs happen in "docker build" steps,
# they essentially become individual layers due to the way Docker handles
# layering, especially using CoW filesystems. What this means for us is that
# the caches that APT keeps end up just wasting space in those layers, making
# our layers unnecessarily large (especially since we'll normally never use
# these caches again and will instead just "docker build" again and make a brand
# new image).
# Ideally, these would just be invoking "apt-get clean", but in our testing,
# that ended up being cyclic and we got stuck on APT's lock, so we get this fun
# creation that's essentially just "apt-get clean".
DPkg::Post-Invoke { "rm -f /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/*.deb /var/cache/apt/*.bin || true"; };
APT::Update::Post-Invoke { "rm -f /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/*.deb /var/cache/apt/*.bin || true"; };
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "";
# Note that we do realize this isn't the ideal way to do this, and are always
# open to better suggestions (https://github.com/debuerreotype/debuerreotype/issues).
curl https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/aafe213f11482d9cdc6b0c19a86c93ac?hint=docker-clean
wget -O docker-clean https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/aafe213f11482d9cdc6b0c19a86c93ac?hint=docker-clean
<prompt><role>DevOps agent</role><source url='https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/aafe213f11482d9cdc6b0c19a86c93ac?hint=docker-clean' /><config><app>APT</app><os>Debian 13 (Trixie)</os><location>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean</location><lines>19</lines><md5>aafe213f11482d9cdc6b0c19a86c93ac</md5><sha256>484f60f8d215bf22008b5fe7dd8484350d7abd44655ea79accee79ce11976c81</sha256></config></prompt>
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sudo apt update && sudo apt install apt
sudo apt update && sudo apt install apt
When should I use this docker-clean?
Use it to restore a missing default, confirm what shipped, or diff against your current APT config.
How do I restore APT defaults?
Download the file, back up the current one in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean, replace it, then reload or restart APT.
Is docker-clean safe for production?
It is the vendor default for Debian 13 (Trixie). Treat it as a baseline and review security and performance settings before production use.
How does this differ from other OS versions?
Defaults vary by distro and version. This copy matches Debian 13 (Trixie).
Can I use this for APT troubleshooting?
Yes. Diff it against yours to find drift, then restore only the sections you need.