Subject: Re: siz of /var
From: Greg Madden (pabi@gci.net)
Date: Wed Mar 05 2003 - 13:41:39 AKST
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 13:15, Damien Hull wrote:
>
> I just reinstalled Debian on my laptop. I'm trying to save my self some
> space by squeezing it onto the smallest amount of space I can. I think I
> may have made a mistake by giving /var 150mb. After setting up Debian
> the way I like it /var only has 35mb left.
>
> Using apt to install software has used up most of the 35mb left in /var.
> I have been using "apt-get clean" to get back the 35mb. If logs etc..
> take up more then a few mb of space I may not be able to install
> software using apt.
>
> I'm wondering if I can leave things the way they are or should I
> reinstall and give /var more space?
>
> I'm hoping I don't have to reinstall everything.
I think you should be able to do a softlink of /var/cache/apt/archives/
to another location with more space. /usr/local?
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