[Trisquel-users] Running out of space in partition 1
My Partition 1 has 15GB, with 2.6GB still free, about 83% full. I have not installed any software other than what I am required to. Each time I do an update, I have a little bit less space left. I have had this computer for at least two years (perhaps four). Do I need to manually delete log files with sudo? Do I need to leave my computer on overnight? How do I fix this? Thank you.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running out of space in partition 1
View /var/cache/
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running out of space in partition 1
15 GB sounds like a decent amount. Have you deleted your APT cache? That's all the packages you've ever downloaded. You can do that withsudo apt-get cleanor somewhere in the Synaptic package manager too if you wish to do it graphically. Besides that you've probably collected a fair number of kernels, you only need one so you might want to uninstall the older ones, at 150 megs a pop. The logs probably don't take a huge amount of space but if they do and you have no use for them, feel free to zap them.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running out of space in partition 1
I thank you. I appreciate your help. I executed the command: "sudo apt-get clean", and it freed up .3GB. I then did: find / Linux-image-versionnumber, which, of course, found nothing. I think that I need more detailed assistance with this recommendation.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running out of space in partition 1
I thank you for your help. I appreciate it. I did: "ls -l /var/cache", and only fifteen files listed. All but one had 4096, and one had 12,288 bytes?.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running out of space in partition 1
I think that i will forget about deleting the log files for now.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running out of space in partition 1
You could try bleachbit for cleaning up some space. Don't check "memory" and "disk space" under "system" (the first is buggy, the second can take hours). https://www.bleachbit.org/ sudo apt-get install bleachbit sudo bleachbit
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running out of space in partition 1
Correction: I meant to write that: all of the Linux images with 3.13 and "generic" had a green block to the left.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running out of space in partition 1
Thank you, Magic Banana for your help. I typed: sudo du -hs /var/cache, and it freed up only .2GB. I typed: uname -r, and it gave me: 3.13.0-100-generic. I went into the Synaptic Package Manager and searched for Linux. All of the Linux images with 3.13 had a green block to the left, as did an image with 3.2.0. I also saw many Linux images with 3.16, 3.19, 4.2.0. None of them had a green block to the left. I also saw many files called LinuxCloud and Linux headers. Am I running with a very old version of the kernel?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Running out of space in partition 1
Success. 69 packages completely removed. It was 81.1% full. NOW, it is only 28.2% full. I am relieved and grateful. Thanks again, Magic Banana!