On Friday 23 September 2011 11:29:17 Jochen Spieker wrote: > Lisi: > > I still have two of the already suggested things to try, but meanwhile my > > /usr is 3.7G, and my /, of which it forms part, is 4.7G. This seems > > slightly disproportionate. How can I find out what is actually needed - > > or even, used - in /usr? > > You can use dpigs (from debian-goodies) and popcon-largest-unused (from > popularity-contest) to find good candidates to remove. > > BTW, depending on what you use your system for, 3.7GB for /usr doesn't > look like very much. My server's /usr uses 1.8GB, my laptop's /usr uses > 6.6GB. Apart from /home (and possibly /var, again depending on your > usage pattern), /usr is usually tha largest directory.
Thanks for that, Jochen. The kind of useful knowledge in which I am sadly lacking. And the reason that I don't split my / up. I have absolutely no idea how much space I need for what! Thanks for the suggested applications too. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

