On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 09:57:58PM -0500, Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > I am in the process of upgrading my distribution to 2.2 potato? or > whatever is the latest stable. I have already done an apt-get check and no > errors were found. The problem is that I get an error > > Sorry, you don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/ > > I am only using 33% of my /var directory right now, does this file > need more than 30mb. If so then is there a way to specify a different file > to use? Maybe in apt.conf? > > Thanks in advance, > > Ian >
Yes, just cd /var/cache/apt rm -r archives mkdir /home/me/archives # or wherever ln -s !$ apt-get update && apt-get -y dist-upgrade The amount of space you need depends on how many packages you have installed. Bob -- Give your very best today. Heaven knows it's little enough.
