Bleachbit fails to act on anything

[Keith]

On 9/1/25 11:59 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM Keith via ubuntu-users
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 8/31/25 10:00 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>>
>> [snipped]
>>
>>>
>>>> * Uninstall and reinstall BleachBit.
>>> Already done, no effect.
>>>
>>
>> Running bleachbit without the gui many produce more debug info in the
>> terminal output to help troubleshoot.
>>
>> $ bleachbit --debug -c system.cache system.tmp system.trash
>>
> This (version 4.6.0.3) ran the deletes without giving me any chance to
> intervene.

Well, that's what the "-c" option does. It tells Bleachbit to clean 
using the listed cleaners - system.cache which cleans ~/.cache; 
system.tmp which cleans user owned files in /tmp; and system.trash which 
cleans ~/.local/share/Trash.   If you wish to preview the selection of 
files to be deleted first, then use "-p" option instead.

But using the command-line was mainly for debugging purposes. I gathered 
that the 5.0 version didn't clean at all so that's why I suggested using 
the version in the Ubuntu repo. There's a slight difference in the 
dependencies listed between the 5.0 and 4.6 packages, and I was 
wondering if the 5.0 package left out a dependency or two that the 4.6 
version had.

Anyway, the 4.6 version apparently works at cleaning, so you could try 
it again using the gui interface and hitting the "Preview" button to see 
the files its going to clean.

> 
> I quit. Not using bleachbit ever again.
> 
>> Also, does the Bleachbit version 4.6.0-3 from the Ubuntu universe repo
>> exhibit the same behavior as version 5.0?
>>
> Way worse - see above..

It's worse because it actually deletes the file cruft from your system 
vs. the version that didn't do anything? Well, okay.

-- 
Keith