Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 09:42:19PM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > dpkg-deb: error: failed to read archive > '/var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.22.1_amd64.deb': Too many levels of > symbolic links > dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 2 package

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-17 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
I ran sudo apt update this morning I received the error message: >> >> E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ >> >> Can I increase the size of the /var partition on the ssd without >> having to reinstall the system? >> >> Thank

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-17 Thread Curt
On 2023-12-17, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 16/12/2023 22:46, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: >> >> I'll add 'sudo apt-get autoclean to' my update bat file. > > I have > > APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "false"; I thought that was the default now for apt. But then he said "sudo apt" in the OP and "apt-

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread Max Nikulin
On 16/12/2023 22:46, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: I'll add 'sudo apt-get autoclean to' my update bat file. I have APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "false"; in a file inside "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/". However I use apt-cacher-ng. In you case this settings may be excessively aggressive.

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Charles Curley writes: > Does anybody read signatures any more? I certainly don't.

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 16 Dec 2023 20:30:27 +0100 wrote: > > I'll add 'sudo apt-get autoclean to' my update bat file. > > Bat? 🦇 Yeah, bat file. That's what one uses to smooth the body putty on one's custom batmobile. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurl

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread tomas
On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 10:46:27AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > Many thanks for the replies. > > I'll add 'sudo apt-get autoclean to' my update bat file. Bat? 🦇 Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 16 Dec 2023 10:46:27 -0500 "Stephen P. Molnar" wrote: > I'll add 'sudo apt-get autoclean to' my update bat file. Or add it to your crontab. root@tsalmoth:~# grep clean /etc/cron.d/curley 0 4 18 * * root apt-get -y autoclean root@tsalmoth:~# -- Does

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread Pocket
x27;t have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ Can I increase the size of the /var partition on the ssd without having to reinstall the system? Thanks in advance. You can bind mount more space from another partition or create a directory on another file system and sylmink it to /var/

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
var etc, and selected the default sizes of the partitions. When I ran sudo apt update this morning I received the error message: E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ Can I increase the size of the /var partition on the ssd without having to reinstall the system? Tha

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 03:03:38PM +0100, john doe wrote: > On 12/16/23 14:45, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > When I installed the OS I selected the option for separate /var > > etc, and selected the default sizes of the partitions. […] > > Can I increase the size of the /var partition on t

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread Felix Miata
ation for most installations. I make /home/ separate, and the ESP as it must be, but keep the OS itself on one filesystem. > When I ran sudo apt update this morning I received the error message: > E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ > Can I increase the siz

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
ge: > > E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ > > Can I increase the size of the /var partition on the ssd without > having to reinstall the system? > > Thanks in advance. Are you doing anything to get rid of unused packages? If not the ar

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread john doe
x27;t have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ Can I increase the size of the /var partition on the ssd without having to reinstall the system? LVM is one way to avoid this! ;^) -- John Doe

Re: Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread Greg Wooledge
tion them? Are you using raw partitions under GPT or DOS partition tables? Are you using LVM? RAID? Encryption? > When I ran sudo apt update this morning I received the error message: > > E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ > > Can I increase the size

Problem with /var/cache/apt/archives/

2023-12-16 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I am running Bookworm on my Debian computer. When I installed the OS I selected the option for separate /var etc, and selected the default sizes of the partitions. When I ran sudo apt update this morning I received the error message: E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cach

Re: Optimizing use of /var/cache/apt/archives/ by Synaptic &/or apt-get

2019-01-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/24/2019 08:23 AM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 24 Jan 2019 at 07:25:46 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: On 01/23/2019 08:53 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 23/01/2019 à 15:43, Richard Owlett a écrit : 1. If /var/cache/apt/archives/ has the same or later version version of a package, will

Re: Optimizing use of /var/cache/apt/archives/ by Synaptic &/or apt-get

2019-01-24 Thread David Wright
On Thu 24 Jan 2019 at 07:25:46 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/23/2019 08:53 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > Le 23/01/2019 à 15:43, Richard Owlett a écrit : > > > > > > 1. If /var/cache/apt/archives/ has the same or later version > > > version of

Re: Optimizing use of /var/cache/apt/archives/ by Synaptic &/or apt-get

2019-01-24 Thread Dan Purgert
Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/23/2019 08:53 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >> Le 23/01/2019 à 15:43, Richard Owlett a écrit : >>> >>> 1. If /var/cache/apt/archives/ has the same or later version version >>> of a package, will Synaptic and apt-get automatically

Re: Optimizing use of /var/cache/apt/archives/ by Synaptic &/or apt-get

2019-01-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/24/2019 07:51 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: On 01/23/2019 08:53 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 23/01/2019 à 15:43, Richard Owlett a écrit : 1. If /var/cache/apt/archives/ has the same or later version version of a package, will Synaptic and apt-get automatically use

Re: Optimizing use of /var/cache/apt/archives/ by Synaptic &/or apt-get

2019-01-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/23/2019 08:53 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 23/01/2019 à 15:43, Richard Owlett a écrit : 1. If /var/cache/apt/archives/ has the same or later version version of a package, will Synaptic and apt-get automatically use contents of /var/cache/apt/archives/ in preference to downloading

Re: Optimizing use of /var/cache/apt/archives/ by Synaptic &/or apt-get

2019-01-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/23/2019 08:52 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: This actually two 'related' questions. 1. If /var/cache/apt/archives/ has the same or later version version of a package, will Synaptic and apt-get automatically use contents of /var/cache/apt/archives/ in pre

Re: Optimizing use of /var/cache/apt/archives/ by Synaptic &/or apt-get

2019-01-23 Thread Dan Purgert
Richard Owlett wrote: > This actually two 'related' questions. > > 1. If /var/cache/apt/archives/ has the same or later version version of > a package, will Synaptic and apt-get automatically use contents of > /var/cache/apt/archives/ in preference to downloading w

Re: Optimizing use of /var/cache/apt/archives/ by Synaptic &/or apt-get

2019-01-23 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 23/01/2019 à 15:43, Richard Owlett a écrit : 1. If /var/cache/apt/archives/ has the same or later version version of a package, will Synaptic and apt-get automatically use contents of /var/cache/apt/archives/ in preference to downloading whatever is at location specified by sources.list

Optimizing use of /var/cache/apt/archives/ by Synaptic &/or apt-get

2019-01-23 Thread Richard Owlett
This actually two 'related' questions. 1. If /var/cache/apt/archives/ has the same or later version version of a package, will Synaptic and apt-get automatically use contents of /var/cache/apt/archives/ in preference to downloading whatever is at location specified by sources.lis

Re: [solved] Re: jigdo various questions ( --noask does not work + how to use "/var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb" as source )

2014-04-30 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:16:32PM +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Thanks for your replies. No problem, glad I could help. > I guess I'll have to submit some reports, for example that the man > does not says explicitly the order of the arguments. I'll do some > other tries before t

[solved] Re: jigdo various questions ( --noask does not work + how to use "/var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb" as source )

2014-04-30 Thread berenger . morel
Le 30.04.2014 00:01, Tom Furie a écrit : On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 05:00:03PM +0100, Tom Furie wrote: The URI needs to be the last element of the command. You will find most of the required files if you mount the iso and pass the mount point with --scan, passing the iso file finds 0 files. Usi

Re: jigdo various questions ( --noask does not work + how to use "/var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb" as source )

2014-04-29 Thread Tom Furie
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 05:00:03PM +0100, Tom Furie wrote: > The URI needs to be the last element of the command. You will find most > of the required files if you mount the iso and pass the mount point with > --scan, passing the iso file finds 0 files. Using --scan causes jigdo to > not ask for f

Re: jigdo various questions ( --noask does not work + how to use "/var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb" as source )

2014-04-29 Thread Tom Furie
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 04:27:20PM +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Hello. > > I am trying to update some iso images ( I have downloaded ISOs last > week, but it seems that there were an update since, my images are in > 7.4 and last debian stable is 7.5 ) through jigdo, and wanted to

Re: jigdo various questions ( --noask does not work + how to use "/var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb" as source )

2014-04-29 Thread berenger . morel
Le 29.04.2014 16:27, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : Hello. I am trying to update some iso images ( I have downloaded ISOs last week, but it seems that there were an update since, my images are in 7.4 and last debian stable is 7.5 ) through jigdo, and wanted to play a little with its scr

jigdo various questions ( --noask does not work + how to use "/var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb" as source )

2014-04-29 Thread berenger . morel
Hello. I am trying to update some iso images ( I have downloaded ISOs last week, but it seems that there were an update since, my images are in 7.4 and last debian stable is 7.5 ) through jigdo, and wanted to play a little with its scriptable possibilities, since it seems that there is a --no

Re: dpkg: error,processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs-gtk_2.5_amd64.deb,(--unpack):

2008-07-05 Thread gary turner
Sven Joachim wrote: On 2008-07-05 07:49 +0200, gary turner wrote: (Reading database ... 85648 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ia32-libs-gtk (from .../ia32-libs-gtk_2.5_amd64.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs-gtk_2.5_amd64.deb (--unpack

Re: dpkg: error,processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs-gtk_2.5_amd64.deb,(--unpack):

2008-07-05 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-07-05 07:49 +0200, gary turner wrote: > (Reading database ... 85648 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking ia32-libs-gtk (from .../ia32-libs-gtk_2.5_amd64.deb) ... > dpkg: error > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs-gtk_2.5_amd64.deb > (--unpack

dpkg: error,processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs-gtk_2.5_amd64.deb,(--unpack):

2008-07-04 Thread gary turner
.5 [12.2MB] Fetched 12.2MB in 35s (346kB/s) (Reading database ... 85648 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ia32-libs-gtk (from .../ia32-libs-gtk_2.5_amd64.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ia32-libs-gtk_2.5_amd64.deb (--unpack): failed in buffer_write(fd) (

Re: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etc h6_i386.deb (--unpack):

2008-04-09 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 12:11:06AM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi there, > > Has anyone seen this issue before (*). I am running a linux debian > stable (etch). > > Thanks > left on device > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Running postrm hook script /sbin/updat

Re: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6_i386.deb (--unpack):

2008-04-08 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Mike Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue April 8 2008 15:37:25 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > > What I am reading wrong: > > > > $ df > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/mapper/Debian-root > >

Re: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6_i386.deb (--unpack):

2008-04-08 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Mathieu Malaterre wrote: On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mike Bird wrote: On Tue April 8 2008 15:11:06 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: Has anyone seen this issue before (*). I am running a linux debian stable (etch). Yes. Wo

Re: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6_i386.deb (--unpack):

2008-04-08 Thread Mike Bird
On Tue April 8 2008 15:37:25 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > What I am reading wrong: > > $ df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/mapper/Debian-root > 264854255254 0 100% / > > everything looks fine, right ? Damon is right. Y

Re: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6_i386.deb (--unpack):

2008-04-08 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Bird wrote: > > > On Tue April 8 2008 15:11:06 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > > > > > > > Has anyone seen this issue before (*). I am running a linux debian > > > stable (etch). > > > > > > > > > > Yes. Wou were lucky

Re: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6_i386.deb (--unpack):

2008-04-08 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Mike Bird wrote: On Tue April 8 2008 15:11:06 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: Has anyone seen this issue before (*). I am running a linux debian stable (etch). Yes. Wou were lucky. Sometimes when /boot is full it silently corrupts the initramfs without any error message. You probably nee

Re: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6_i386.deb (--unpack):

2008-04-08 Thread Mike Bird
On Tue April 8 2008 15:11:06 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Has anyone seen this issue before (*). I am running a linux debian > stable (etch). Yes. Wou were lucky. Sometimes when /boot is full it silently corrupts the initramfs without any error message. You probably need to make room in /boot,

Re: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6_i386.deb (--unpack):

2008-04-08 Thread Damon L. Chesser
-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6_i386.deb) ... The directory /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-486 still exists. Continuing as directed. Done. Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.18-5-486 ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6_i386.deb (--unpack

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6_i386.deb (--unpack):

2008-04-08 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
-13etch6_i386.deb) ... The directory /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-486 still exists. Continuing as directed. Done. Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.18-5-486 ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-5-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch6_i386.deb (--unpack): failed in buffer_write(fd

Re: Error in sid upgrade: /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.0.22_i386.deb

2006-07-29 Thread Willie Wonka
ently installed.) > Preparing to replace x11-common 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 (using .../x11-common_1%3a7.0.22_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement x11-common ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.0.22_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin&

Error in sid upgrade: /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.0.22_i386.deb

2006-07-29 Thread Bill Moseley
ree86 debconf values to xserver-xorg. (Reading database ... 131640 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace x11-common 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 (using .../x11-common_1%3a7.0.22_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement x11-common ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-com

Re: Register Debian-Java in /var/cache/apt/archives ?

2005-07-18 Thread Daniel Baumann
Uwe Dippel wrote: > How can I 'register' it with apt-get as *installed* and latest package; so > that apt-get does not insist any longer on throwing it out ? Not the solution, but a workaround: echo "deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free restricted" >> /etc/apt/s

Register Debian-Java in /var/cache/apt/archives ?

2005-07-18 Thread Uwe Dippel
Here I want to clone machines from a parent; with a script that installs packages from a list file automatically. In order to speed up the process, I will prepare the /var/cache/apt/archives with all .deb packages. Okay, this works. I also created the pseudo-Java package as described (e.g. http

Re: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/

2004-12-29 Thread Kent West
David Purton wrote: apt-get autoclean - this will delete all packages not currently installed Correction: from "man apt-get" autoclean Like clean, autoclean clears out the local repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only removes package f

Re: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/

2004-12-29 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Aditya Pratap wrote: Hi, I am getting this message when I try to upgrade KDE using apt-get install - You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/. Is it ok if I delete the files in this directory? Or is there any other way out. Thanking in advance, You are just storing previ

Re: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/

2004-12-29 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:14:59 +0530, Aditya Pratap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am getting this message when I try to upgrade KDE using apt-get install - > You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/. > Is it ok if I delete the files in this dir

Re: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/

2004-12-29 Thread David Purton
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 05:14:59PM +0530, Aditya Pratap wrote: > Hi, > I am getting this message when I try to upgrade KDE using apt-get install - > You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/. > Is it ok if I delete the files in this directory? Or is there any

You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/

2004-12-29 Thread Aditya Pratap
Hi, I am getting this message when I try to upgrade KDE using apt-get install - You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/. Is it ok if I delete the files in this directory? Or is there any other way out. Thanking in advance, -- Aditya Pratap V., Goshamahal, Hyde

Re: space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-17 Thread David Clymer
On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 04:44, Robert Waldner wrote: > On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:40:29 PDT, Paul Johnson writes: > > >> (Pls CC me on replies, I'm not on the list with this address) > > >I know it's a rude shock, but this public forum doesn't exist for your > >sole, private benefit. If you want a priv

Re: space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-17 Thread David
On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 10:44:36AM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:40:29 PDT, Paul Johnson writes: > >apt-get autoclean (and it isn't in apt.conf(5), it's in apt-get(8), > Thanks, but this isn't what I'm looking for: >autoclean > Like clean, autoclean cle

Re: space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-17 Thread Robert Waldner
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:40:29 PDT, Paul Johnson writes: >> Is it possible to somehow tell apt to use no more than X MB of space >> for the archive, or not to keep more than Y versions of any package? >> I can't find anything about it in apt.conf(5). >apt-get autoclean (and it isn't in apt.conf(5),

Re: space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-15 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it possible to somehow tell apt to use no more than X MB of space > for the archive, or not to keep more than Y versions of any package? > I can't find anything about it in apt.conf(5). apt-get autoclea

Re: space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-15 Thread Tim Kelley
On Friday 15 October 2004 14:05, Maurits van Rees wrote: > On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 12:33:07PM -0400, Derrick Hudson wrote: > > One solution would be to make that directory a separate file system. > > Then when the filesystem's space is consumed apt won't be able to > > exceed that limit. > > I wond

Re: space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-15 Thread Maurits van Rees
> automatically. But the original poster is right that this may not be desired. Having an older package around as replacement for a bug-ridden new one can be a life saver. Here's a little script that can be a beginning. #! /bin/sh MAXSIZE=700 # CD-Rom size. You may want something

Re: space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-15 Thread Derrick Hudson
On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 12:52:18PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: | | On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:53:19 +0200, Maurits van Rees writes: | >> Is it possible to somehow tell apt to use no more than X MB of | >> space for the archive, or not to keep more than Y versions of any | >> package? I can't find

Re: space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-15 Thread Robert Waldner
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:53:19 +0200, Maurits van Rees writes: >> Is it possible to somehow tell apt to use no more than X MB of >> space for the archive, or not to keep more than Y versions of any >> package? I can't find anything about it in apt.conf(5). >That man page has something that come

Re: space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-15 Thread Maurits van Rees
his figure low, then your package cache in /var/cache/apt/archives also can't grow too large. Then again, I'm beginning to doubt if this is actually true... Having a limit on the archive cache could be useful for me as well. Every now and then I make a CD with all the packages in

space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-15 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! Is it possible to somehow tell apt to use no more than X MB of space for the archive, or not to keep more than Y versions of any package? I can't find anything about it in apt.conf(5). (Pls CC me on replies, I'm not on the list with this address) cheers+tia, &rw -- -- > Naja, inzwische

Re: How do I move apt cache from /var/cache/apt/archives ?

2004-07-15 Thread Robert William Hutton
Shahid Bhatti wrote: Hi, While doing a distribution upgrade on my newly installed Debian server it seems I've run out of space on the root partition / because I got the error message "E: Sorry, you don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ to hold all the .deb

How do I move apt cache from /var/cache/apt/archives ?

2004-07-15 Thread Shahid Bhatti
Hi, While doing a distribution upgrade on my newly installed Debian server it seems I've run out of space on the root partition / because I got the error message "E: Sorry, you don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ to hold all the .debs." Now I have adde

Re: restoring /var/cache/apt/archives contents

2004-02-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Antonio Rodriguez (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I have used in the past apt-move to create a local mirror. I usually > like to keep archives with the debs, in case I need to reinstall them > and they are gone from the archives, after being replaced by new > versions. At this point I would

restoring /var/cache/apt/archives contents

2004-02-28 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I have used in the past apt-move to create a local mirror. I usually like to keep archives with the debs, in case I need to reinstall them and they are gone from the archives, after being replaced by new versions. At this point I would like better to just restore all the debs that have been deleted

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives directory

2003-03-03 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 08:17:24PM +0530, Sharninder wrote: > It's a silly question but i don't know where to ask. What's the use > of all the files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. They all > seem to be debs of any package that i have installed in my comp. &g

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives directory

2003-03-02 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 15:47, Sharninder wrote: > What's the use > of all the files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. They are an archive/cache of the debs you installed :) to save you the trouble of downloading again should you not have made up your mind if you want them ins

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives directory

2003-03-02 Thread Ronald Castillo
> hi, > It's a silly question but i don't know where to ask. What's the use > of all the files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. They all > seem to be debs of any package that i have installed in my comp. > ever. > Sharninder Singh > National Institu

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives directory

2003-03-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 08:17:24PM +0530, Sharninder wrote: > It's a silly question but i don't know where to ask. What's the use > of all the files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. They all > seem to be debs of any package that i have installed in my comp. &g

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives directory

2003-03-02 Thread Donald Spoon
Sharninder wrote: hi, It's a silly question but i don't know where to ask. What's the use of all the files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. They all seem to be debs of any package that i have installed in my comp. ever. Sharninder Singh National Institute Of Management Ca

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives directory

2003-03-02 Thread Emilio Murcia
yes, they are .deb packages you downloaded (and installed) with apt. If they were properly installed on your system, you can delete them safely... Sharninder escribió: hi, It's a silly question but i don't know where to ask. What's the use of all the files in the /var/cac

/var/cache/apt/archives directory

2003-03-02 Thread Sharninder
hi, It's a silly question but i don't know where to ask. What's the use of all the files in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory. They all seem to be debs of any package that i have installed in my comp. ever. Sharninder Singh National Institute Of Management Calcutta Building

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

2003-03-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 13:54, Craig Dickson wrote: > Sebastiaan wrote: > > > Yes: rm /var/cache/apt/archives/* > > > > You usually update packages only, or install it once. You won't harm your > > system if you remove the old packages. If it is needed, the pa

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

2003-03-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 12:58, Sebastian D.B. Krause wrote: > On 3468 September 1993, Alan Chandler wrote: > > My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files. > > I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2). > > &

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

2003-03-01 Thread Craig Dickson
Sebastiaan wrote: > Yes: rm /var/cache/apt/archives/* > > You usually update packages only, or install it once. You won't harm your > system if you remove the old packages. If it is needed, the packages will > be downloaded again. Not if it isn't in the repository anym

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

2003-03-01 Thread Jeff Elkins
On Saturday 01 March 2003 1:27 pm, Alan Chandler wrote: >My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb > files. I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its >always 2). >Is there a command to shrink it? apt-get clean works for me.

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

2003-03-01 Thread Thomas Weinbrenner
Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of > .deb files. I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks > like its always 2). > > Is there a command to shrink it? "apt-get

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

2003-03-01 Thread Sebastian D.B. Krause
On 3468 September 1993, Alan Chandler wrote: > My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files. > I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2). > > Is there a command to shrink it? rm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

2003-03-01 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Alan Chandler wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files. > I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2). > > Is there a

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

2003-03-01 Thread Travis Crump
Alan Chandler wrote: My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files. I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2). Is there a command to shrink it? 'apt-get autoclean' will get rid of the duplicate ones[or more precisely

Re: /var/cache/apt/archives is big

2003-03-01 Thread nate
Alan Chandler said: > > Is there a command to shrink it? apt-get clean apt-get autoclean (see apt-get manpage) nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

/var/cache/apt/archives is big

2003-03-01 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My /var/cache/apt/archives directory seems to have nearly a gig of .deb files. I notice there is more than one version of each (it looks like its always 2). Is there a command to shrink it? - -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-05 Thread Gary Turner
ves. 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. > >To safely remove old/obsolete packages from the cache: > >apt-get autoclean > >If this still doesn't give

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Tue, 04 Feb 2003 11:13:02PM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin insinuated: > On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:36:38AM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > > To safely remove old/obsolete packages from the cache: apt-get > > autoclean > > Yes, do this first! great, just what i needed. thanks. > > If this still doesn

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:36:38AM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > To safely remove old/obsolete packages from the cache: > apt-get autoclean Yes, do this first! > 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

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:19:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > 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. apt-get autoclean to clear just out of

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Tue, 04 Feb 2003 09:43:25PM -0500, Seneca insinuated: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:19:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > 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 > >

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
Sorry, you don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ > to hold all the .debs. > > ... which is true: > > orange:~# df -h > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda5 93M 25M 63M 29% / > /dev/hda1

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Seneca
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:19:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > 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

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Nick Hastings
Sorry, you don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ > to hold all the .debs. > > ... which is true: > > orange:~# df -h > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda5 93M 25M 63M 29% / > /dev/hda1

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread CaT
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:19:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > 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 r

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:19:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > 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 packa

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Steve Lamb
Nori Heikkinen said: > 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? Should be able to. E

out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Nori Heikkinen
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

packages in /var/cache/apt/archives

2002-09-11 Thread Irvin Temp
I had potato debian installed, then upgraded the system fom potato to woody. During the upgrade through ftp using apt-get it downloaded and saved the newpackages in /var/cache/apt/archives. I then burned all the files in that directory. I also had potato debian installed in my home pc, i

Re: new installation from /var/cache/apt/archives

2002-04-04 Thread Simon Hepburn
Marcelo Leal wrote: > but i did not see this apt-move > there are apt-get apt-cache apt-config apt-setup apt-sortpkgs... > apt-move??? apt-move is a seperate package. -- Simon Hepburn. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Re: new installation from /var/cache/apt/archives

2002-04-04 Thread Marcelo Leal
thanks!!! very much... but i did not see this apt-move there are apt-get apt-cache apt-config apt-setup apt-sortpkgs... apt-move??? On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 12:18, Simon Hepburn wrote: > I think the simplest solution would be disk imaging software or a backup > program designed for bare-metal re

Re: new installation from /var/cache/apt/archives

2002-04-04 Thread Simon Hepburn
I think the simplest solution would be disk imaging software or a backup program designed for bare-metal recovery. mondo was featured in LJ recently and there are .deb's available in sid. It can be done using package management. See the man page for dpkg. Specifically the --get-selections opti

Re: new installation from /var/cache/apt/archives

2002-04-04 Thread Marcelo Leal
i run some command (apt-get, dpkg, or another) and the softwares are installed. 6- i have two machines with the same configuration. thanks. On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 12:09, Craig Sampson wrote: > >New installation from /var/cache/apt/archives > > > >> May I do that ? > >&g

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