# Debian package stores Lima twice wasting ~10% of deb file

**URL:** <https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/debian-package-stores-lima-twice-wasting-10-of-deb-file/6353>\
**Category:** Lens Support & Troubleshooting\
**Tags:** lens-desktop\
**Created:** [August 21, 2025, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/debian-package-stores-lima-twice-wasting-10-of-deb-file/6353 "2025-08-21T06:45:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexander.m-1](https://forums.k8slens.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@alexander.m-1](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/alexander.m-1)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/debian-package-stores-lima-twice-wasting-10-of-deb-file/6353/1 "2025-08-21T06:45:45Z")

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It has - properly - `/opt/Lens/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@lensapp/lens-desktop-kube-lens-extension/lima` directory.

But in the same time it has file `/opt/Lens/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@lensapp/lens-desktop-kube-lens-extension/lima.tar.gz` which stores _all the same content again_.

`lima.tar.gz` should be excluded from package. It just wastes disk space and download bandwidth.

```auto
$ du -h /opt/Lens/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@lensapp/lens-desktop-kube-lens-extension/lima.tar.gz
37M /opt/Lens/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/@lensapp/lens-desktop-kube-lens-extension/lima.tar.gz

```

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**Author:** ![crothmann](https://forums.k8slens.dev/user_avatar/forums.k8slens.dev/crothmann/32/1544_2.png) [@crothmann](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/crothmann)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/debian-package-stores-lima-twice-wasting-10-of-deb-file/6353/2 "2025-08-21T06:48:59Z")

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Hello @alexander.m-1,

Thanks for reporting this! We’ll take a look and make sure the unnecessary archive is excluded in a future build.

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**Author:** ![alexander.m-1](https://forums.k8slens.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@alexander.m-1](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/alexander.m-1)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/debian-package-stores-lima-twice-wasting-10-of-deb-file/6353/3 "2025-10-27T09:50:24Z")

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JFYI, debian package was upgraded twice since my report and it sill wastes 37 MB on this archive.

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**Author:** ![phorsmalahti](https://forums.k8slens.dev/user_avatar/forums.k8slens.dev/phorsmalahti/32/560_2.png) [@phorsmalahti](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/phorsmalahti)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/debian-package-stores-lima-twice-wasting-10-of-deb-file/6353/4 "2025-10-28T09:50:25Z")

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We plan to remove this from the package in the next release.