Re: /var/cache/apt (was Re: don't have enough free space)

[ben_foley@web.de]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:37:02PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> 
>    - You can also extend your archive space, in a pinch, by creating a
>      symlink to a larger partition.  Say you've only got 250 MiB on /var
>      and a 5 GiB /home.  Create, say, /home/admin, and under that:
>      links/var/cache/apt.  Copy your existing /var/cache/apt to this
>      location, then: 
>      
>        rm -rf /var/cache/apt
>        ln -s /home/admin/links/var/cache/apt /var/cache/apt
> 
>      ...exercising the flexibility of GNU/Linux.
>          
cool. thanks karsten.

ben