Re: how to maintain /var on a debian system
on Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 11:06:42PM -0500, nick lidakis (nick.lidakis@verizon.net) wrote:
> I have tried googling and looking at ldp.org for this answer, but I
> can't seem to find anything relevant. How does one maintain /var?
> I'm trying to apt-get dist-upgrade my laptop and it's telling me I dont
> have enough space to hold all the debs. df shows 92% used out a 300MB
> partition. /var seems to be slowly filling up, but what can I safely
> delete from var to trim it down?
300MB for /var on a Debian system is somewhat thin, but can be dealt
with.
You'll want to run 'apt-get autoclean' periodically to remove 'stale'
package files (those for which a more recent version is on your system).
If you still don't have enough space, 'apt-get clean' will remove *all*
package files.
If you're still running tight of space:
# cd /var; du -sx * | sort -nr | cat -n
...will show you the directories in /var in descending size. You'll
want to comb through these to find where you're using excess space.
I try to allocate ~1GB for /var on a typical workstation. For server
purposes, you may want to carve out various spool or webserver
directories separately.
Peace.
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