Re: apt-get dist-upgrade problem
I too gave /var 30MB when installing Debian for the 1st time.
I think it is worth mentioning because I took this figure from the Debian-FAQ.
I think it should be changed before potato is released. In view of today disk
sizes I would change it to 100MB.
Some other changes I would do for the figures are to change the 450MB that is
recommended there for /usr to 750MB; and 50MB for the swap to 100MB.
> David J Kanter <djkanter@nwu.edu> writes:
> DJK> When attempting to upgrade, in pieces, from Slink to Potato, I
> DJK> got this error message when typing apt-get dist-upgrade:
> DJK>
> DJK> E: Sorry, you don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/
> DJK>
> DJK> Do I have too small a partition, is that the problem? What can I
> DJK> do to fix this?
>
> That could be part of the problem, yeah; the first time I installed
> Debian I only put 30MB in /var and learned to regret that pretty
> quickly. Possible options include:
>
> -- Run 'apt-get clean', if you haven't, to get rid of stale package
> files you don't really need.
>
> -- 'apt-get install' particular packages out of unstable; this will
> download all of their dependencies as well.
>
> -- Symbolically link a directory on a larger partition to
> /var/cache/apt/archives.
>
> -- Mount a bigger/different disk on /var/cache/apt/archives.
>
> -- Repartition so you have a bigger /var (bleah!).
>
> The third option here is probably the easiest and most likely to be
> productive.
>
> --
> David Maze dmaze@mit.edu http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/
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> -- Abra Mitchell
>
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