Steven:
If you've been using your system for months/years, and updating during
that time, you accumulate a lot of old kernels that are no longer needed
and take up significant space.
Try (in Synaptic Package Manager) searching for "linux-image", and
within those displayed that are indicated to be installed, delete all
but the most recent, and next-most-recent of them. They come in pairs
(linux-image-extra, and linux-image). Beware the order they appear may
not tell you which is most recent - check the version numbers.
When you mark the un-needed ones for removal, and apply changes, it will
free up a lot of space (even if just a single kernel is removed).
Another thing you can do (in a terminal) is:
sudo apt-get autoremove
and
sudo apt-get autoclean
I hope that helps you. I have a test system running on a 4-gig
hard-drive, and need to employ tricks such as these to keep it from
running out of space.
If you use Rosegarden (a MIDI sequence-editor), removing the lilypond
documentation will free up a lot of space.
- Aere
On 12/03/2014 03:49 AM, Steven Duckworth wrote:
Hi,
I am currently using a Fujitsu Siemens Intel Celeron M laptop with
40GB onboard memory (my PC motherboard recently burnt out), and was
wondering as to the safest way to delete old or unwanted files in
Synaptic Package Manager.
My hard-drive space is very limited so to be able to keep it
uncluttered would be a bonus!
I did read an article on the net some time back, but thought it best
to check with the Lubuntu tech team.
Thanks in advance,
Steven Duckworth
South Africa
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Aere
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