Running out of space in / folder

[Amila Liyanaarachchi]

thx
I managed to free up 1GB :)


On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Jonas Norlander <jonorland at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/2/3 Alvin <info at alvin.be>:
>>
>>> Amila Liyanaarachchi wrote:
>>>> I have allocated a 3.8GB partition (/home, /boot are in different
>>>> partitions) to my root directory.
>>>> Recently upgraded to KDE 4.2 and now my root directory is full. I have
>>>> very few amount of Software installed. but the size of / is
>>>> unbelievably large.
>>>>
>>>> Any guess why? Any actions I can take to reduce size ?
>>>>
>>> If you are still able to install and/or use it, kdirstat will show you
>>> where your space is wasted.
>>>
>>> and an introduction about Disk Usage and cleanup tools:
>>>
>>> http://www.linux.com/articles/51600
>>
>> Try
>> $ sudo aptitude autoclean
>> to remove old installation files that you'll probably never need again.
>>
>
> Or if he has a fast internet why not "sudo aptitude clean" to remove
> all downloaded packages. How often do you need to reinstall a package?
>
> / Jonas
>
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