Hello all,
I tried patching my Linux box with the latest RPMs. However, the machine said that there was not enough room. How should I proceed? How do I go about knowing how much disk space is available and how to clean up the machine to make more room.
Available disk space: Use the `df' command. E.g.:
$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda6 6.5G 3.6G 2.6G 58% / /dev/hda3 1.8G 39M 1.6G 3% /boot none 61M 0 61M 0% /dev/shm
The ``-h'' option is to get human-readable sizes (in MB and GB).
Cleaning up the machine: Uninstall as many packages as you can do without. All sorts of things can go, from big stuff like GNOME or KDE to many far- flung apps like web server, Samba, print servers, mail servers, many ``eye- candy'' graphical programs. The list goes on. You might like to consult with any others who use the computer, though.
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