Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I find that I'm out of space, here's what I usually do. > > Instead of using dselect, I use apt-get. It generally wants to pull > fewer packages down. If it all fits, great. After they install, I > "sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb" to free up disk space, and > then run dselect to finish installing the rest of the stuff. >
Kent's answer is good. I would recommend, however, using apt-get clean or apt-get autoclean instead of the rm command he used. See the apt-get man page for details. Dan -- _______________________________ /\ \ \_| Dan Griswold | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | __________________________|_ \_/____________________________/