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

[Steve Kemp]

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.

Steve
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