On 07/03/2025 02:49, David Christensen wrote:
On 3/6/25 17:24, Maureen Thomas wrote:
I am running Debian 12 fulled updated. I keep getting a message
saying that my /var is almost full. What can I safely delete to make
more room for it. It is an HP Desktop Mo1-F3xxx, 8gb ram, Realtec
Audio,
On Fri, 7 Mar 2025,
Chris Green wrote:
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"THe systemd journal file defaults for length of time they are kept and
maximum size etc. are OK[ish] for systems with lots of disk space but
are far too large for smaller systems.
On systems I have with limited space I modify
/etc/syste
On 07/03/2025 01:24, Maureen Thomas wrote:
I am running Debian 12 fulled updated. I keep getting a message saying
that my /var is almost full. What can I safely delete to make more room
for it. It is an HP Desktop Mo1-F3xxx, 8gb ram, Realtec Audio, AMD
Ryzen 5 5600G. I also have a 2TB Seagat
On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 23:36:34 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> David Christensen [2025-03-06 18:58:12] wrote:
> > I prefer:
> [...]
> > # du -d 2 -m /var | sort -rn | head
>
> Agreed. I personally use just `du | sort -n` (I can't see the benefit
> of the `-d2` and I rely on the terminal's scroll
On 2025-03-06 at 21:47, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 02:41:33 +, Andy Smith wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 09:33:40PM -0500, Maureen Thomas wrote:
>>
>>> root@debian:/home/maureen# cd /var
>>>
>>> root@debian:/var# du -sh*
>>>
>>> du: invalid option -- '*'
>>
>> Mis
Eben King wrote:
>
>
> On 3/6/25 20:24, Maureen Thomas wrote:
> > I am running Debian 12 fulled updated. I keep getting a message saying
> > that my /var is almost full. What can I safely delete to make more room
> > for it.
>
> First, find out where the space is being used. Something like ba
Maureen Thomas composed on 2025-03-06 21:24 (UTC-0500):
> There are 15 files in Var and the biggest one is the cache file. Is it
> safe to get rid of the contents of the whole file. It takes up 57% of
> the drive.
The cache directory in /var/ normally grows with every update and upgrade,
hol
On 07/03/2025 09:33, Maureen Thomas wrote:
141523 517216 -rw--- 2 root root 529625088 Nov 7 21:42
./lib/snapd/snaps/gnome-42-2204_176.snap
du -ms /var/lib/snapd
Likely you need to move this directory to another partition.
Maureen Thomas [2025-03-06 20:24:36] wrote:
> I am running Debian 12 fulled updated. I keep getting a message saying that
> my /var is almost full. What can I safely delete to make more room for it.
Depends on all kinds of things. Questions that come to mind:
- Why do you have a separate /var
Hi,
On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 09:33:40PM -0500, Maureen Thomas wrote:
> This is what I got
>
> root@debian:/home/maureen# apt-get clean
You didn't show us the "df" output before you did this so we don't know
how much, if anything, it freed up.
> root@debian:/home/maureen# cd /var
>
> root@debian
Maureen Thomas writes:
> There are 15 files in Var and the biggest one is the cache file. Is
> it safe to get rid of the contents of the whole file. It takes up 57%
> of the drive.
Run the command
sudo apt-get clean
That will remove the contents of that file.
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On 3/6/25 17:24, Maureen Thomas wrote:
I am running Debian 12 fulled updated. I keep getting a message saying
that my /var is almost full. What can I safely delete to make more room
for it. It is an HP Desktop Mo1-F3xxx, 8gb ram, Realtec Audio, AMD
Ryzen 5 5600G. I also have a 2TB Seagate HD
On 3/6/25 18:33, Maureen Thomas wrote:
root@debian:/var# find -size +10M -ls
...
I prefer:
2025-03-06 18:55:31 root@laalaa ~/laalaa.tracy.holgerdanske.com
# cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a
11.11
Linux laalaa 5.10.0-33-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.226-1 (2024-10-03)
x86_64 GNU/Linux
2025-03-
On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 02:41:33 +, Andy Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 09:33:40PM -0500, Maureen Thomas wrote:
> > root@debian:/home/maureen# cd /var
> >
> > root@debian:/var# du -sh*
> >
> > du: invalid option -- '*'
>
> Missing space between 'h' and '*' so the '*' was treated as a
This is what I got
root@debian:/home/maureen# apt-get clean
root@debian:/home/maureen# cd /var
root@debian:/var# du -sh*
du: invalid option -- '*'
Try 'du --help' for more information.
root@debian:/var# du sh
du: cannot access 'sh': No such file or directory
root@debian:/var# du -sh
3.7G
Hi,
On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 09:24:20PM -0500, Maureen Thomas wrote:
> There are 15 files in Var and the biggest one is the cache file. Is it safe
> to get rid of the contents of the whole file. It takes up 57% of the
> drive.
Do not go deleting files in /var; you don't know enough about their
p
There are 15 files in Var and the biggest one is the cache file. Is it
safe to get rid of the contents of the whole file. It takes up 57% of
the drive.
On 3/6/25 9:00 PM, Eben King wrote:
On 3/6/25 20:24, Maureen Thomas wrote:
I am running Debian 12 fulled updated. I keep getting a messa
On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 20:24:36 -0500, Maureen Thomas wrote:
> I am running Debian 12 fulled updated. I keep getting a message saying that
> my /var is almost full. What can I safely delete to make more room for it.
> It is an HP Desktop Mo1-F3xxx, 8gb ram, Realtec Audio, AMD Ryzen 5 5600G. I
>
On 3/6/25 20:24, Maureen Thomas wrote:
I am running Debian 12 fulled updated. I keep getting a message saying
that my /var is almost full. What can I safely delete to make more room
for it.
First, find out where the space is being used. Something like baobab
might be useful. It might the
I am running Debian 12 fulled updated. I keep getting a message saying
that my /var is almost full. What can I safely delete to make more room
for it. It is an HP Desktop Mo1-F3xxx, 8gb ram, Realtec Audio, AMD
Ryzen 5 5600G. I also have a 2TB Seagate HD plugged in for backups.
Any help will
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 'dpkg':
> 'Version' field value
On 12/16/23, Pocket wrote:
>
> On 12/16/23 08:45, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
>> 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 re
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-
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.
Charles Curley writes:
> Does anybody read signatures any more?
I certainly don't.
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.
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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
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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:~#
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On 12/16/23 08:45, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
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 h
Many thanks for the replies.
I'll add 'sudo apt-get autoclean to' my update bat file.
On 12/16/2023 09:55 AM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
"Stephen P. Molnar" writes:
I am running Bookworm on my Debian computer. When I installed the OS I
selected the option for separate /var etc, and selected the de
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
Stephen P. Molnar composed on 2023-12-16 08:45 (UTC-0500):
> 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.
Separate filesystem for /var/ is a pointless complication for most
"Stephen P. Molnar" writes:
> 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 en
On 12/16/23 14:45, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
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
On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 08:45:41AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> 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.
How many disks are there? *How* did you partition them? Are
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/cache/apt/archiv
On Wed 25 Nov 2020 at 17:56:27 (+), Curt wrote:
> On 2020-11-25, David Wright wrote:
> >
> > There's a big difference between the requirements for your local
> > storage when using POP compared with IMAP. When using POP in a
> > conventional manner (transfer, and delete at the server end), you
On 2020-11-25, David Wright wrote:
>
> There's a big difference between the requirements for your local
> storage when using POP compared with IMAP. When using POP in a
> conventional manner (transfer, and delete at the server end), you
> need reliable local storage. And you also need reliable fil
On Tue 24 Nov 2020 at 17:17:24 (+), Curt wrote:
> On 2020-11-23, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Monday, November 23, 2020 06:15:09 AM Sven Hartge wrote:
> >> Joe wrote:
> >> > That's why we have IMAP, which doesn't use mbox.
> >>
> >> The IMAP protocal and the backend storage have no conne
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 01:44:28PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> On Mon 23 Nov 2020 at 07:24:37 (-0500), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Monday, November 23, 2020 06:15:09 AM Sven Hartge wrote:
> > > Joe wrote:
> > > > That's why we have IMAP, which doesn't use mbox.
> > >
> > > The IMAP protocal
On Mon 23 Nov 2020 at 07:24:37 (-0500), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, November 23, 2020 06:15:09 AM Sven Hartge wrote:
> > Joe wrote:
> > > That's why we have IMAP, which doesn't use mbox.
> >
> > The IMAP protocal and the backend storage have no connection.
I didn't think this thread w
On 2020-11-23, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, November 23, 2020 06:15:09 AM Sven Hartge wrote:
>> Joe wrote:
>> > That's why we have IMAP, which doesn't use mbox.
>>
>> The IMAP protocal and the backend storage have no connection.
>
> Well, they do in a way -- if you use IMAP from your I
On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:38:19 +0200
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Lu, 23 nov 20, 07:24:37, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Monday, November 23, 2020 06:15:09 AM Sven Hartge wrote:
> > > Joe wrote:
> > > > That's why we have IMAP, which doesn't use mbox.
> > >
> > > The IMAP protocal and the backen
On Lu, 23 nov 20, 07:24:37, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, November 23, 2020 06:15:09 AM Sven Hartge wrote:
> > Joe wrote:
> > > That's why we have IMAP, which doesn't use mbox.
> >
> > The IMAP protocal and the backend storage have no connection.
>
> Well, they do in a way -- if you use
Didar Hossain wrote:
> Dovecot has "single instance attachment storage" (SIS) as well as its
> own native mdbox binary format (multiple emails per file indexed
> efficiently).
> The SIS is a feature that I am really excited about since we have
> multiple user receiveing the same email - it reall
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 07:24:37AM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, November 23, 2020 06:15:09 AM Sven Hartge wrote:
> > Joe wrote:
> > > That's why we have IMAP, which doesn't use mbox.
> >
> > The IMAP protocal and the backend storage have no connection.
>
> Well, they do in a way
On Monday, November 23, 2020 06:15:09 AM Sven Hartge wrote:
> Joe wrote:
> > That's why we have IMAP, which doesn't use mbox.
>
> The IMAP protocal and the backend storage have no connection.
Well, they do in a way -- if you use IMAP from your ISP for example, you don't
need local storage on yo
Joe wrote:
> That's why we have IMAP, which doesn't use mbox.
The IMAP protocal and the backend storage have no connection.
You can for example use mbox with Dovecot just fine. (Not that anyone
would *want* to, but that is a different story.)
Grüße,
Sven.
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>>> everybody is free. And surprisingly the OP recompiles the
> >>> package. In this case it is enough to just point out the nonsense
> >>> of the subject "Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3".
> >>
> >> Let's assume an
ms so disorganised.
I don't even try - there are all kinds of people out there - and everybody
is free. And surprisingly the OP recompiles the package. In this case it is
enough to just point out the nonsense of the subject "Problem
with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3".
Let's assum
>> seems so disorganised.
> >
> > I don't even try - there are all kinds of people out there - and everybody
> > is free. And surprisingly the OP recompiles the package. In this case it is
> > enough to just point out the nonsense of the subject "Problem
>
Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi Flo,
>
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 06:57:46PM +0100, Flo wrote:
> > Let's assume an average message size of 20MB. Then 100 messages are
> > enough to make it INBOX file that big. This doesn't necessarily mean
> > that this is disorganized.
>
> The average size of mail I have
Hi Flo,
On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 06:57:46PM +0100, Flo wrote:
> Let's assume an average message size of 20MB. Then 100 messages are
> enough to make it INBOX file that big. This doesn't necessarily mean
> that this is disorganized.
The average size of mail I have received in the last 2 months is
1
Flo wrote:
> Let's assume an average message size of 20MB. Then 100 messages are
> enough to make it INBOX file that big. This doesn't necessarily mean
> that this is disorganized.
No, it means exactly this, because when mbox was in developed and actively
in use there was no message of 20MB in si
inds of people out there - and everybody
> is free. And surprisingly the OP recompiles the package. In this case it is
> enough to just point out the nonsense of the subject "Problem
> with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3".
>
>
Let's assume an average message size o
e OP recompiles the package. In this case it is
enough to just point out the nonsense of the subject "Problem
with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3".
On Sat 21 Nov 2020 at 08:55:41 (+0100), deloptes wrote:
> Flo wrote:
>
> > I installed dovecot but it didn't really work. Actually only with one
> > specific account, the one which produces this big mbox file. And I
> > couldn't figure out the reason.
> >
> > So I recompiled popa3d and it seems t
Flo wrote:
> I installed dovecot but it didn't really work. Actually only with one
> specific account, the one which produces this big mbox file. And I
> couldn't figure out the reason.
>
> So I recompiled popa3d and it seems to work now.
Anyway - consider migrating from the mbox format to somet
Dear Flo,
Flo writes:
> Hi All,
>
> I am using Debian Buster, Thunderbird, Sendmail and popa3d to get emails.
>
> The mail files for each account are stored at /var/mail. No it has
> come to that point that such a file exceeded 2GB. And 'Get Messages'
> doesn't work anymore.
>
> Does anyone know
On 11/19/20 11:23 PM, Andy Smith wrote:
Hello,
On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:42:53PM +0100, Flo wrote:
The mail files for each account are stored at /var/mail. No it has come to
that point that such a file exceeded 2GB. And 'Get Messages' doesn't work
anymore.
Does anyone know about this issue
On 11/19/20 11:47 PM, Ulf Volmer wrote:
On 19.11.20 22:42, Flo wrote:
I am using Debian Buster, Thunderbird, Sendmail and popa3d to get emails.
The mail files for each account are stored at /var/mail. No it has come
to that point that such a file exceeded 2GB. And 'Get Messages' doesn't
wor
On 19.11.20 22:42, Flo wrote:
> I am using Debian Buster, Thunderbird, Sendmail and popa3d to get emails.
>
> The mail files for each account are stored at /var/mail. No it has come
> to that point that such a file exceeded 2GB. And 'Get Messages' doesn't
> work anymore.
This limit is defined in
Hello,
On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:42:53PM +0100, Flo wrote:
> The mail files for each account are stored at /var/mail. No it has come to
> that point that such a file exceeded 2GB. And 'Get Messages' doesn't work
> anymore.
>
> Does anyone know about this issue? Any hints to solve it? I could try
Hi All,
I am using Debian Buster, Thunderbird, Sendmail and popa3d to get emails.
The mail files for each account are stored at /var/mail. No it has come
to that point that such a file exceeded 2GB. And 'Get Messages' doesn't
work anymore.
Does anyone know about this issue? Any hints to solv
Hi,
running 'dselect update' worked
Thanks Colin !
Franck
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 07:49:28AM +0100, franck routier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> after a power shortage, I now have a problem with
> /var/lib/dpkg/available.
Run 'dselect update' to replace that file with a fresh version.
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This one time, at band camp, franck routier said:
> Hi,
>
> after a power shortage, I now have a problem with
> /var/lib/dpkg/available.
>
> When I run dpkg, it finds a parse error at line 1 : EOF after field " "
>
> I cannot install any new package and my syst
Hi,
after a power shortage, I now have a problem with
/var/lib/dpkg/available.
When I run dpkg, it finds a parse error at line 1 : EOF after field " "
I cannot install any new package and my system was left in an unstable
state (some libs seems not to be available anymore, so gdm or
f
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