Nick Hastings wrote:
>Hi,
>
>* Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030205 11:31]:
>> my /var is 465M. i'm trying to do and apt-get upgrade, which i
>> haven't in a while, and got the following message:
>>
>> Need to get 69.0MB/109MB of archives. After unpacking 39.1MB will be
>> used.
>> E: Sorry, you don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/
>> to hold all the .debs.
<snip>
>
>To safely remove old/obsolete packages from the cache:
>
>apt-get autoclean
>
>If this still doesn't give you enough space you can tell apt to put
>the cache somewhere other than /var, however I can't remember how to
>do that. I think there was a thread regarding this a few weeks ago, so
>have a look in the archives, or try reading the apt-get man page or
>the apt howto.
I had the same problem. The solution for me was to move the cache.
1. mkdir /home/aptcache # or pick another
location--/usr/local/lib
#
comes to mind
2. in /etc/apt/apt.conf do
Dir::Cache::Archives "/home/aptcache";
See man apt.conf
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