Shoshannah Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A newbie question: when attempting to install a large application > (OpenOffice) it refused due to "low disk space". > > Is there any utility out there that can help me figure out what is > using all my HD space and what can be removed safely, without making a > mess?
Try du(1) for the first part (who is the hog?). As for the second part (what is safe to remove) sane systems do not assume that they are smarter than you. Besides, it may depend on the partitioning of your disk. It may be that you are trying to install OO in, say, your root partition which is close to saturated, but /usr/local or /opt or whatever may have enough space. And, of course, it may be that /usr/local and /opt are in your root partition, depending on what you chose at install time. Look around your HD with du(1), see what's going on. Maybe you can archive away a few GB of old mail or images or build directories for software that you downloaded, compiled, and installed already. -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There is nothing more practical than idealism." [Richard M. Stallman, quoted with permission] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
