How much space is required over time for updates?

[deepakdeshp]

Hello,
I have fresh installed Mint 18 ,later upgraded to 19 Cinnamon.Is there any way to calculate the disk space required only for the updates and upgrade from Mint 18 to 19?

[gm10]

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apt clean

to clear the cached update files, no reason to keep them.

PS: Also clear out old kernels, of course, they take up lots of space.

[Flemur]

I have fresh installed Mint 18 ,later upgraded to 19 Cinnamon.Is there any way to calculate the disk space required only for the updates and upgrade from Mint 18 to 19?

FWIW, my backups (mint 19 was an upgrade from 18.3; all .deb files and old log files are deleted from both backups; both have two kernels installed):

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$ du -d 0 *3 *9
5485516	MINT.18.3
5423132	MINT.19

...I wouldn't actually claim that Mint.19 was smaller, though. (Edit: even though it is...)

Edit2: How much space is required over time for updates?
You'll get a few hundred MB of .deb files that you can delete (@gm10) when you're done with the upgrade.