Hi, * Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030205 11:31]: > my /var is 465M. i'm trying to do and apt-get upgrade, which i > haven't in a while, and got the following message: > > Need to get 69.0MB/109MB of archives. After unpacking 39.1MB will be > used. > E: Sorry, you don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ > to hold all the .debs. > > ... which is true: > > orange:~# df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda5 93M 25M 63M 29% / > /dev/hda1 29M 2.1M 25M 8% /boot > /dev/hda6 6.0G 1.8G 3.8G 32% /usr > /dev/hda7 30G 27G 2.3G 92% /home > /dev/hda8 465M 407M 34M 93% /var > /dev/hda9 465M 5.5M 435M 2% /tmp > > so, it's pretty full. 288M of that is in /var/cache/apt/archives, and > are a lot of debs. can i safely delete these all to make room for the > new ones? there's nothing here that i need for these packages to run, > right?
To safely remove old/obsolete packages from the cache: apt-get autoclean If this still doesn't give you enough space you can tell apt to put the cache somewhere other than /var, however I can't remember how to do that. I think there was a thread regarding this a few weeks ago, so have a look in the archives, or try reading the apt-get man page or the apt howto. Cheers, Nick. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
