On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 04:11:07PM -0500, Mauricio wrote: > What is going on here? Is it trying to install some 1GB worth of > files... and in /var/cache/apt/archives/ of all places? Why? I have > a nicely sized /usr but my /var is 128MB.
Apt is downloading the .deb's first and stores them under /var and installs them from there. There must be enough space there so it can do that (i.e. store the compressed .deb files). After installation is done you may clean out the cache directory by running 'apt-get clean'. However, it's probably best if you re-partition your hard-drive so /var is bigger. That's also where all the log-files go, so space-consumption in /var usually increases when the system is being used. So unless you expect nearly no logging activity on the system, 128 MB won't be enough most likely. Alternatively, as someone pointed out already, could also symlink /var/cache/apt to solve your immediate problem, but I'm pretty sure that you'll run into more trouble on /var over time. I also suggest you post your current partition-layout so people might comment on it and give some hints. Regards, Markus
