Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-05 Thread Gary Turner
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: Sorr

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Tue, 04 Feb 2003 11:13:02PM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin insinuated: > On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:36:38AM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > > To safely remove old/obsolete packages from the cache: apt-get > > autoclean > > Yes, do this first! great, just what i needed. thanks. > > If this still doesn

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:36:38AM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > To safely remove old/obsolete packages from the cache: > apt-get autoclean Yes, do this first! > 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

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:19:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > 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. apt-get autoclean to clear just out of date packages (if

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Tue, 04 Feb 2003 09:43:25PM -0500, Seneca insinuated: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:19:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > so, it's pretty full. 288M of that is in /var/cache/apt/archives, > > and are a lot of debs. can i safely delete these all to make room > > for the new ones? there's not

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:19:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > 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

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Seneca
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:19:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > so, it's pretty full. 288M of that is in /var/cache/apt/archives, and > are a lot of debs. can i safely delete these all to make room for the > new ones? there's nothing here that i need for these packages to run, > right? You do

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Nick Hastings
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 s

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread CaT
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:19:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > so, it's pretty full. 288M of that is in /var/cache/apt/archives, and > are a lot of debs. can i safely delete these all to make room for the > new ones? there's nothing here that i need for these packages to run, > right? Right.

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:19:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > so, it's pretty full. 288M of that is in /var/cache/apt/archives, and > are a lot of debs. can i safely delete these all to make room for the > new ones? there's nothing here that i need for these packages to run, > right? That's

Re: out of space in /var/cache/apt/archives

2003-02-04 Thread Steve Lamb
Nori Heikkinen said: > so, it's pretty full. 288M of that is in /var/cache/apt/archives, and > are a lot of debs. can i safely delete these all to make room for the > new ones? there's nothing here that i need for these packages to run, > right? Should be able to. Easiest way to do it is a