Hi Clive, you don't say what distro you are using, but you can always
look in /var/log and clear out any old log files that you may have in
there that will make a bit of extra space in the short term.
If you have a Debian based distro you could try running "sudo apt-get
autoremove", providing those header files have been marked for removal
then that should clear them out, you do get the option to say no do not
delete them when you run the command (at least on Debian), might be
worth checking what kernel you are running so you don’t accidentally
delete any thing related to the current kernel.
Tim H
On 31/08/2026 09:12, CA Wills via dorset wrote:
Hi all
My laptop is reporting that the 'Root' partition is running out of
space anf only has 1Gb left.
I've never had this before so checked installed programs and I seem to
have a lot of 'Linux-hwe-6.14 header& tools programs and 6.17
duplicates. Lots of files have version numbers from 6.17.0.14 through
to 0.40 both 'headers' & tools.
Can I delete any of the Linux-hwe files that seem to be excessive ?
There's at least 8 version of both headers & tools for 6.17.0.14> and
2 version for 6.14.0.36/37. Do I need both 6 and 7 versions?
Problem is there is no space between the 'Root' partition and my
'Home'. I can't move the start of 'home' to give extra space for root.
I've thought of:- copy 'home' files to another disk, wipe 'home'
extend root and reinstall the home partition then copy the back the
files. Every time I've tried this (or similar) I've had trouble with
set-up settings although I've copied the 'hidden' "."file s as well..
Any easier way please?
Clive
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