Its not clear from the original whether there is anything in /usr/local at this point. I would assume there is, and would suggest that, if not already there, a new directory called /usr/local/tmp should be used instead of /usr/local. Then you don't need to worry about the stuff in /tmp getting mixed in with the stuff already in the /usr/local directory.
Julio Merino wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 08:36:52AM -0500, Bryan K. Walton wrote: > > > Hello everybody, > > I am trying to install StarOffice on a laptop running Debian 2.2. I > > have run into a problem in that StarOffice needs to utilize the /tmp > > directory and there doesn't seem to be enough space for it. I don't have > > anything in there taking up the space, it seems that the problem is that > > the directory just isn't big enough. So, I thought, "OK, I will symlink > > the /tmp directory to another directory" but I am having trouble. On the > > computer in question, /tmp is off of the root partition (/dev/hda5). It > > appears that Debian won't allow me to symlink the /tmp directroy to > > someplace else. I tried: > > ln -s /usr/local /tmp > > But that didn't work. That simulates the /usr/local directory as a > > directory inside (ie: /tmp/local/ > > You need to remove /tmp first, so: > > rm -r -f /tmp > ln -s /usr/local /tmp > chmod 1777 /usr/local > chown root.root /usr/local > > And that's all. But remember which permissions and owners did you had > in /usr/local to be able to recover them later. > > Hope it's useful, > Bye! > > > What I need is /tmp=/usr/local but when I type: > > ln -s /usr/local / > > Debian won't let me do that. Any suggestions for making more space for > > /tmp? > > > > Thanks, > > Bryan Walton > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > Juli-Manel Merino Vidal > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Homepage: http://jmmv.cjb.net > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob McGowan Staff Software Quality Engineer VERITAS Software [EMAIL PROTECTED]
