На официальной странице man apt-get (короткая версия):
clean
clean clears out the local repository of retrieved package files.
It removes everything but the lock file from
/var/cache/apt/archives/ and /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/.
This frees up disk space
autoremove
autoremove is used to remove packages that were automatically
installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no
more needed.
Существует также gui computer-janitor (System => Administration => System Janitor)