<SOLVED> Problem saving downloaded files in Synaptic cache

[Newlife]

In Synaptic I always check to "save files in the cache" in the Synaptic preferences.

For some reason, although I have the box checked, none of the downloaded files are saved... they seem to get deleted after install.  What can I do to make sure they are saved in the cache (under /var/cache/apt/archive?

newlife

[horusfalcon]

This may be a dumb question, but does the path /var/cache/apt/archive exist on your machine?  I have the path /var/cache/apt/archives/ (and note that archives is a folder...), but no reference to 'archive' exists.  One letter may be making a difference here.

Later On,
D

[Newlife]

Not a dumb question at all....

I am not sure how it happened but I have:
/var/cache/apt/archive

and

/var/cache/apt/archives

lo and behold all the cache with files is in the latter.

Many Thanks....

[horusfalcon]

Hey, the simple stuff we get to immediately.  The more difficult stuff takes longer.  Glad I could help.

Later On,
D