-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matthew Dalton scripsit: >Frodo Baggins wrote: >> >> It's not exactly the same thing, but I'd like to give you a warn (I >> know, I know, I sould signal it as a bug... I'll do). >>[...] >apt-get downloads *.deb files to /var/cache/apt/archives, so you do need >space there. It's not an apt-get bug, but it might be a documentation >one.
Exactly my point :) > >> Then it seems to me that there are only two alternatives: >> >> make an huge /var partition, knowing that there will be a lot of >> unused space after your installation is complete, or >> >> don't make a partition neither of /var nor /usr, make a huge / >> partition and let the system use the space as it needs. > >third alternative: >- make a directory /usr/local/apt >- copy the stuff in /var/cache/apt to it: > $ cd /var/cache/apt > $ tar cf - * | (cd /usr/local/apt; tar xvf - ) >- after making sure that everything copied okay, delete everything under >/var/cache/apt: > $ cd /var/cache > $ rm -rf apt # be careful with this! >- symlink to the new location > $ ln -s /usr/local/apt apt > >Now apt-get will download packages and they will go on the same >partition that /usr/local lives on. Of course it will work.... But it's awful :))) moreover, the basic user which never installed a unix cold have some problem doing this who means switching from installation to a side shell... - -- The Hobbit ICQ #56656060 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.5 and Gnu Privacy Guard <http://www.gnupg.org/> iD8DBQE5bZe/v9iOG/S6owkRAk1wAJ9oOgjb4bQ/Y7YSNHCxfGWCAe2iCQCdFFAA mPv5FKeTB0Dw63vJYcD2zIU= =m5Z+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
