Just use the df command to see the space available. /Brian
On Monday 10 December 2001 2:16 am, you wrote: > i just tried to install jbuilder in my home dir (e.g. /home/me) and i got > the below error: > > Preparing to install... > WARNING! The amount of /tmp disk space required to perform > this installation is greater than what is available. Please > free up at least 34640 kilobytes in /tmp and attempt this > installation again. You may also set the IATEMPDIR environment > variable to a directory on a disk partition with enough free > disk space. To set the variable enter one of the following > commands at the UNIX command line prompt before running this > installer again: > - for Bourne shell (sh), ksh, bash and zsh: > $ IATEMPDIR=/your/free/space/directory > $ export IATEMPDIR > - for C shell (csh) and tcsh: > $ setenv IATEMPDIR /your/free/space/directory > > > i have a 40gb hard drive and just recently set up my system, so i don't > know how this could happen. i don't remember the allocations that i did > when i installed mandrake, but i set it up for a server configuration and > don't believe that i modified it (much) from the default settings. > > beside the solution prompted above (using the IATEMPDIR env), what are my > options? > > can i delete all the files in /tmp? i saw that some of those files had > locks on them... > > also, how can i quickly find out how much space is available on the hard > drive/partition? is there a quick command, or do i have to go to linuxconf > everytime? > > > > my apologies because i do believe that someone asked a similar question not > so long ago about this on the list. but where are the searchable archives > for this list? > > > thanks...
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