[YLUG] can't free up enough space to upgrade Ubuntu

[mike cloaked]

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Steve Kemp <steve at steve.org.uk> wrote:

> On Sun Nov 04, 2012 at 23:21:55 +0000, David Morris wrote:
>
> >    It may be that there is some rubbish in /tmp or /var that you can
> dump.
> >    If there isn't, the simplest solution to your *stated* problem would
> be to
> >    use a partitioningtool to resize the root partition, using some of
> that spare space in
> >    /home.
>
>   The *simplest* approach would be to make /var/cache/apt/ a symlink to
>  /home/apt/
>
>   That way the downloaded files will go to the partition that has the
>  space, and avoids repartitioning which will be hard to guide a user
>  through remotely.
>
>
I was about the post a similar solution - though I don't run Ubuntu so was
unsure which directory was going to be used to hold the cache. Sometimes
symlinks don't work and need a bind mount instead - so if the symlink works
then you will be off and running but if for some reason that does not work
then try a bind mount instead and when you are done then remove the bind
mount.


-- 
mike c
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