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by **bertran** on Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:33 am

After running sudo apt-get dist-upgrade I am told

Code: Select all: After this operation, 180 MB of additional disk space will be used. E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/

. The contents of /var/cache/apt/archives is only lock and partial.

Code: Select all: david@navarra:/var/cache/apt/archives$ ls lock partial

So I assume there is a problem with lack of space elsewhere, maybe in /var/cache.

My root partition has 9.77 GB space and is using 9.60 GB. Should I resize it? (Have lots of space in /home.) Or is there some command I should be using to clean up /var/cache &/or any other folders?

(I've been using LMDE for more than a year, comfortable with command line, but unsure here how to proceed.)

by **killer de bug** on Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:10 am

You should clean /var/cache to have more free space.

You can do it by using the following command :

Code: Select all: apt autoclean

The installation packages still present in the repos will not be deleted.

If this is not enough you can use

Code: Select all: apt clean

All the installation package will be deleted.

These commands have no impact on the software you installed. It only deletes the installation package (.exe for Windows).

by **bertran** on Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:44 am

Thanks killer. After running the commands you suggest the problem persists, getting the same error message.

GParted says I have only 171.69 MB space on / partition. apt-get says I need 180 MB. Maybe there is some other directory in / partition that can be cleaned up?

Also, is it surprising that the / partition filled up? Should I be doing some sort of maintenance to prevent that? I made it ~10 GBs following the recommendation of a how-to when I installed LMDE.

by **cecar** on Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:19 am

Sometimes the file .xsession-errors grows huge.

What's the output of:

Code: Select all: ls -lh ~/.xsession-errors

by **cecar** on Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:22 am

On the other hand that file is not on your root partition.

by **eanfrid** on Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:24 am

Are you sure that our /home is really mounted on its own partition ?

Code: Select all: df -h

by **killer de bug** on Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:26 am

I think 10GB is quite small. I use 20GB because I have a 500GB drive so there is a lot of free space.

Nevertheless it seems that running apt clean didn't free any space. Can you see how heavy is /var/cache ?

by **cecar** on Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:27 am

Run this command to check and sort your directories by size.

Code: Select all: sudo du -h --max-depth=1 / | sort -h -r

by **bertran** on Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:35 pm

Thanks all! Here are the results of the commands you suggest:

Code: Select all: david@navarra:/usr$ ls -lh ~/.xsession-errors -rw------- 1 david david 25K Feb 17 15:37 /home/david/.xsession-errors

Code: Select all: david@navarra:~/Desktop$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs 9.8G 9.6G 0 100% / udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev /dev/disk/by-uuid/7014177b-dc6e-45e4-acbc-171c01b9d735 9.8G 9.6G 0 100% / tmpfs 387M 956K 387M 1% /var/run tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /var/run/lock tmpfs 774M 12K 774M 1% /tmp tmpfs 774M 596K 774M 1% /var/run/shm /dev/sda5 485M 59M 401M 13% /boot /dev/sda8 278G 77G 187G 30% /home

Code: Select all: david@navarra:~/Desktop$ sudo du -h --max-depth=1 / | sort -h -r [sudo] password for david: du: cannot access `/proc/3253/task/3253/fd/4': No such file or directory du: cannot access `/proc/3253/task/3253/fdinfo/4': No such file or directory du: cannot access `/proc/3253/fd/4': No such file or directory du: cannot access `/proc/3253/fdinfo/4': No such file or directory 82G / 73G /home 8.1G /usr 588M /var 457M /lib 188M /opt 57M /boot 31M /etc 12M /sbin 9.0M /bin 4.2M /lib32 536K /root 20K /tmp 16K /lost+found 8.0K /media 4.0K /srv 4.0K /selinux 4.0K /.pulse 4.0K /mnt 4.0K /lib64 0 /sys 0 /proc 0 /dev

It looks like /usr is the culprit... What should I be looking for now? Using du in /usr I get:

Code: Select all: david@navarra:/usr$ sudo du --max-depth=1 -h 3.0G ./lib 420M ./bin 29M ./sbin 88M ./lib32 44M ./include 588K ./local 4.5G ./share 15M ./games 127M ./src 8.1G .

by **bertran** on Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:09 pm

I've looked in /usr/lib and /usr/share. It all looks like normal stuff. Should I be uninstalling packages I don't need? Or am I wrong and some of this is bloated?

Is there any harm in enlarging the root partition with GParted? (I had been thinking there would be a better fix: getting rid of unnecessary buildup somewhere.)

Code: Select all: david@navarra:/usr/lib$ sudo du --max-depth=1 -h | sort -h -r 3.0G . 665M ./x86_64-linux-gnu 288M ./libreoffice 277M ./ghc 154M ./gcc 142M ./python2.7 102M ./python2.6 95M ./jvm 93M ./kde4 89M ./valgrind 86M ./chromium 74M ./haskell-packages 37M ./mono 27M ./smlnj 27M ./gcj 22M ./python3.2 20M ./ruby 19M ./perl 19M ./flashplugin-nonfree 18M ./xscreensaver 17M ./debug 15M ./pymodules 13M ./vlc 12M ./perl5 9.9M ./lapack 8.5M ./git-core 8.3M ./cli 7.6M ./ure 7.4M ./ghc-doc 7.3M ./xorg 7.3M ./pyshared 7.0M ./gstreamer-0.10 6.8M ./openbabel 6.7M ./gnash 6.7M ./evolution 4.4M ./p7zip 4.3M ./girepository-1.0 4.0M ./goffice 3.7M ./apache2 3.5M ./purple-2 3.4M ./libffado2 3.4M ./ImageMagick-6.6.9 3.3M ./xine 3.3M ./ImageMagick-6.6.0 3.3M ./avogadro 3.1M ./locale 2.9M ./htdig 2.6M ./mate-keyring 2.6M ./gnome-keyring 2.5M ./cups 2.4M ./pulse-2.0 2.4M ./gthumb 2.2M ./telepathy 2.2M ./grub 2.2M ./gedit 1.9M ./python3 1.9M ./odbc 1.9M ./aspell 1.7M ./ladspa 1.5M ./evolution-data-server 1.4M ./totem 1.4M ./gvfs 1.4M ./control-center-1 1.3M ./csound 1.2M ./htdig_db 1.2M ./gdm3 1.2M ./firefox-addons 1.1M ./qjackctl 1.1M ./mozilla 1.1M ./gnome-settings-daemon-3.0 1.1M ./gegl-0.0 864K ./evince 860K ./gobject-introspection 852K ./hal 824K ./gnome-shell 824K ./cinnamon 792K ./rpm 776K ./tracker-0.14 776K ./tracker-0.12 772K ./strigi 760K ./linux-kbuild-3.2 756K ./tracker-0.10 756K ./qt4 756K ./linux-kbuild-2.6.39 744K ./linux-kbuild-3.0.0 712K ./rsyslog 704K ./compiz 692K ./tomboy 680K ./ldscripts 648K ./graphviz 644K ./pidgin 644K ./libblas 620K ./samba 600K ./gnome-applets 588K ./lp_solve 548K ./nautilus 536K ./cinnamon-settings 532K ./gnome-vfs-2.0 520K ./WindowMaker 508K ./gnupg2 500K ./speech-dispatcher-modules 488K ./mate-vfs-2.0 480K ./nautilus-actions 480K ./gnome-panel 464K ./udisks 448K ./seed 448K ./ModemManager 448K ./klibc 444K ./codecs 444K ./apt 440K ./seed-gtk3 436K ./file-roller 420K ./ggi 408K ./soprano 404K ./X11 396K ./libquicktime1 368K ./brasero3-1 356K ./openssh 336K ./matecomponent 324K ./NetworkManager 312K ./vino 300K ./packagekit 292K ./dbus-1.0 280K ./sudo 268K ./pm-utils 268K ./gnupg 264K ./MateConf 256K ./gtk-sharp-beans 244K ./orbit-2.0 240K ./imlib2 240K ./bonobo 236K ./ssl 232K ./dpkg 224K ./tracker-0.8 224K ./gjs-1.0 220K ./notify-osd 216K ./pppd 216K ./GNUstep 204K ./gnome-settings-daemon 196K ./matecorba-2.0 196K ./man-db 196K ./hardinfo 192K ./kconf_update_bin 188K ./xmms2 188K ./xchat 184K ./webkit-1.0-2 184K ./w3m 180K ./gtk-2.0 180K ./cgi-bin 168K ./cmus 160K ./obexd 156K ./moc 156K ./blt2.4 152K ./sane 148K ./upower 148K ./mime 148K ./enchant 144K ./nautilus-sendto 140K ./silc 140K ./folks 140K ./emacs 136K ./libglade 132K ./at-spi2-core 128K ./accountsservice 124K ./tc 124K ./eog 124K ./cinnamon-menu-editor 116K ./mailutils 116K ./gnome-bluetooth 112K ./gdm 108K ./cups-pk-helper 108K ./bonobo-activation 104K ./giver 100K ./ghostscript 96K ./babl-0.0 92K ./sushi 88K ./m17n 84K ./apg 80K ./notification-daemon 80K ./mate-vfs 80K ./ConsoleKit 80K ./ao 76K ./pkcs11 76K ./compizconfig 72K ./psutils 72K ./gnome-screensaver 68K ./os-probes 68K ./binfmt-support 68K ./apr-util-1 64K ./mutter 64K ./muffin 64K ./groff 64K ./emacsen-common 64K ./caja 60K ./GraphicsMagick-1.3.16 56K ./speech-dispatcher 56K ./pkgconfig 56K ./libpeas-1.0 56K ./gnome-disk-utility 52K ./timidity 52K ./gettext 52K ./dirmngr 48K ./policykit-1-gnome 44K ./lsb 44K ./gnome-user-share 44K ./akonadi 40K ./gnome-online-accounts 40K ./dconf 36K ./seahorse 36K ./policykit-1 36K ./openvpn 36K ./matecomponent-2.0 36K ./gtk-3.0 36K ./grub-legacy 32K ./webkitgtk-3.0-0 32K ./webkitgtk-1.0-0 32K ./update-notifier 28K ./user-setup 28K ./racket 28K ./linux-boot-probes 28K ./lilypond 28K ./gnome-session 24K ./ntrack 20K ./rpm-plugins 20K ./pulseaudio 20K ./mcs 20K ./libvte9 20K ./libvte-2.90-9 20K ./libgnome-window-settings1 20K ./gnome-sushi 20K ./glib-networking 20K ./dkms 16K ./rcc 16K ./openbox 16K ./libgksu 16K ./guile-1.8 16K ./gcr 16K ./eject 12K ./utempter 12K ./ppr 12K ./os-prober 12K ./midbrowser 12K ./liblucene2-java 12K ./iceweasel 12K ./glade3 12K ./gjs 12K ./firefox 12K ./cruft 12K ./coreutils 12K ./avahi 8.0K ./xulrunner-addons 8.0K ./xulrunner 8.0K ./tmpfiles.d 8.0K ./songbird-addons 8.0K ./software-properties 8.0K ./sasl2 8.0K ./nmap 8.0K ./ispell 8.0K ./iceape 8.0K ./ghc-7.0.3 8.0K ./ghc-7.0.2 8.0K ./flock-addons 4.0K ./security 4.0K ./i386-linux-gnu 4.0K ./gold-ld 4.0K ./compat-ld 4.0K ./cecilia

Code: Select all: david@navarra:/usr/share$ sudo du --max-depth=1 -h | sort -h -r 4.5G . 1.4G ./doc 558M ./locale 543M ./icons 262M ./racket 225M ./kde4 191M ./wallpapers 152M ./sounds 100M ./fonts 98M ./gnome 70M ./tesseract-ocr 65M ./emacs 56M ./help 43M ./hydrogen 42M ./texmf 42M ./pyshared 41M ./texlive 41M ./man 35M ./java 33M ./midi 33M ./linuxmint 31M ./app-install 30M ./backgrounds 26M ./vim 20M ./perl 19M ./xml 19M ./themes 19M ./foomatic 17M ./perl5 15M ./libgweather 15M ./edict 14M ./gimp 14M ./gconf 13M ./libreoffice 13M ./i18n 13M ./cups 12M ./poppler 12M ./nmap 12M ./hplip 11M ./abiword-2.9 7.3M ./m17n 7.2M ./GeoIP 7.1M ./lilypond 6.8M ./terminfo 6.2M ./tcltk 6.1M ./pixmaps 6.1M ./mime 5.7M ./gutenprint 5.6M ./X11 5.5M ./dvdstyler 5.3M ./modconf 5.0M ./groff 4.6M ./ghostscript 4.5M ./liblouis 4.3M ./qt4 4.3M ./cecilia 4.1M ./webkitgtk-3.0 4.1M ./mime-info 4.0M ./zoneinfo 4.0M ./webkitgtk-1.0 4.0M ./aptitude 3.7M ./info 3.3M ./omf 3.3M ./gtk-doc 3.3M ./cinnamon 3.1M ./applications 2.8M ./gnome-control-center 2.7M ./grub 2.5M ./webkit-1.0 2.5M ./javascript 2.2M ./file 2.1M ./gthumb 2.1M ./gettext 2.0M ./yelp-xsl 2.0M ./compiz 1.9M ./vlc 1.9M ./openbabel 1.9M ./gnome-shell 1.8M ./lintian 1.8M ./link-grammar 1.8M ./guile 1.8M ./gnome-power-manager 1.8M ./foo2zjs 1.7M ./bash-completion 1.6M ./WindowMaker 1.6M ./gpac 1.5M ./synaptic 1.5M ./hwdata 1.5M ./csound 1.5M ./consolefonts 1.5M ./bug 1.4M ./m2300w 1.4M ./hal 1.4M ./brasero 1.3M ./avogadro 1.2M ./sgml 1.2M ./gtksourceview-3.0 1.2M ./dbus-1 1.1M ./xine 1.1M ./media-player-info 1004K ./cli-common 992K ./gtksourceview-2.0 984K ./glib-2.0 976K ./gnuplot 952K ./libtextcat 928K ./lirc 928K ./dict 872K ./transmission 848K ./emoticons 844K ./xscreensaver 820K ./misc 800K ./audacious 756K ./polkit-1 752K ./subtitleeditor 748K ./stk 740K ./ontology 736K ./libgphoto2 696K ./hunspell 660K ./ca-certificates 656K ./vmpk 648K ./seahorse 640K ./google-gadgets 620K ./desktop-directories 588K ./maven-repo 580K ./system-tools-backends-2.0 580K ./qalculate 576K ./audacity 552K ./notify-osd 548K ./libthai 540K ./libexttextcat 532K ./menu 516K ./nautilus-actions 516K ./aiksaurus 512K ./snmp 512K ./bison 504K ./ncat 504K ./gnome-system-tools 484K ./gnome-panel 464K ./mx 452K ./strigi 444K ./ufw 444K ./alsa 436K ./ogmrip 416K ./lib 412K ./gnome-applets 412K ./calendar 408K ./lensfun 400K ./gnome-media 384K ./xmms2 384K ./djvu 376K ./gcalctool 360K ./gedit 340K ./samba 340K ./mplayer 336K ./gnupg2 332K ./nm-applet 332K ./gnome-doc-utils 328K ./gtkhtml-4.0 328K ./gtkhtml-3.14 324K ./screen 324K ./gtk-engines 324K ./gobject-introspection-1.0 320K ./libquvi-scripts 320K ./hardinfo 316K ./gitweb 316K ./eog 308K ./yelp 308K ./goffice 308K ./aclocal 296K ./gcj 292K ./python 292K ./evince 284K ./mimelnk 284K ./aspell 276K ./obconf 272K ./idl 272K ./debhelper 264K ./mobile-broadband-provider-info 264K ./doc-base 248K ./gnome-terminal 240K ./openscad 232K ./gdebi 228K ./initramfs-tools 224K ./quvi 224K 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by **killer de bug** on Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:22 am

I am still interested in /var/cache to see how heavy are the archives.
Nevertheless you can maybe look for the kernels. In synaptics, you should see several kernels and some are very old. You can delete some of them. Keep only the last 2.
You could free enough space to install everything.

You should maybe resize your / but be careful :wink:

by **cecar** on Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:44 am

To me it just looks like you have installed quite a few programs and maybe need to make your root partition bigger.

by **eanfrid** on Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:55 pm

Yep, you did install many packages (maybe some of them are obsolete or useless). So /usr/lib and /usr/share use both up to 75% of your system partition. You should grow your "/" partition up to 15GB or even 20GB if you have yet to install more packages.

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