You should have used the command "apt-get clean" instead of manually deleting stuffs from the folder. I don't remember there's some command to fix broken packages, will google and revert back
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of vaibhav khatavkar Sent: 23 June 2008 15:11 To: ILUG-C Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Full Disk clean up in ubuntu ??? Thanx a lot Shubven .. /var/log/ was very populated .... it freed abt 3% of my disk space !! I am also facing one more problem ... I also deleted all file from /var/cache/apt/archives/ But now my synaptic doesn't works !! Synaptic says that there are few broken packeges in ur system u need to reinstall them .. but when tried reinstalling it says .. /var/cache/apt/archives/partial files missing ... Any solution to solve this ?? On 6/23/08, Raja Subramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Shuveb Hussain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:59 PM, vaibhav khatavkar < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I thought your home was taking up space. But looks like you have a > separate > > partition for your home. Look into these areas for files taking up space > and > > remove them: > > > > * /var/log/* > > * /tmp/* > > > Good advice. > > The OP should also try to put /var, /tmp on separate partitions. > If /var is on a separate fs, you can limit the damage caused by > a bad app thats rapidly filling up /var/log/. > > The FreeBSD handbook provides good reading on why/how to > partition: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/configtuning-initial.html > > I typically put /, /usr. /tmp, /var, /home, /data on separate partitions. > > > - Raja > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > -- with regards, vaibhav _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
