Wayne Topa wrote: > H.S. wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I updated my Debian Testing machine this morning and noticed that I was >> getting an error from dpkg. The cause was no space on /var. If I tried >> to reinstall the package which was showing the problem I got this: > i > If I missed if you tried aptitude/apt-get autoclean I'm sorry, but that > is the first thing I would try if I got the "no space on /var" message.
Yes, I agree. That helps sometimes (most times?), but in this situation /var was 100% full and autoclean wasn't working. So what I did was: - became root - cd into /var/cache/apt - moved archives directory to another partition (e.g. to /home/hs/tmp) - created a link in /var/cache/apt: $> ln -s /home/hs/tmp/archives . - then tried 'aptitude autoclean' But by this time gparted was being reported as really in bad shape. The procedure I listed before apparently solved the problem. Once everything was working - deleted the archives link in /var/cache/apt - moved archives directory back into /var/cache/apt from /home/hs/tmp Regards. > WT > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
