[Solved] root partition full, but Idk where the space is

B-80 · 2011-01-10 23:37:19

So I tried switching from gnome to KDE, stopped gnome and gdm, ran pacman -Rcns gnome

rebooted and ran pacman -S kde phonon-xine like it says in the wiki.

I got an error saying there was no space left.

I ran df -h and it says my drive mounted at / has no space

I have plenty of space in home and on other hard drives, so I ran a pacman -Sc and that cleared up about 400 megs, but I need more to install KDE.

I am totally in the command line here, so I don't really know what utils to use to find where my space is being hogged. I have about 8 gigs in my root partition, so that should be enough I'd think...

basically I need to know how to clear up some space.

Also I moved my /usr /var and /sbin from / and it didn't clear any space at all...

Last edited by B-80 (2011-09-12 05:22:04)

graysky · 2011-01-11 00:02:27

Use ncdu to see where the usage is...

# ncdu -x /

You can also use bleachbit (in the AUR). I have an alias in my root's ~/.bashrc to do it but you can also do so via the GUI.

alias bb="bleachbit --delete system.cache system.localizations system.trash system.tmp"

Last edited by graysky (2011-01-11 00:04:02)

karol · 2011-01-11 01:03:57

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FA … pace_go.3F

jasonwryan · 2011-01-11 01:10:26

Moving to Newbie Corner...

B-80 · 2011-01-11 20:58:49

ahh, thanks graysky, ncdu did the trick

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#1 2011-01-10 23:37:19

[Solved] root partition full, but Idk where the space is

#2 2011-01-11 00:02:27

Re: [Solved] root partition full, but Idk where the space is

#3 2011-01-11 01:03:57

Re: [Solved] root partition full, but Idk where the space is

#4 2011-01-11 01:10:26

Re: [Solved] root partition full, but Idk where the space is

#5 2011-01-11 20:58:49

Re: [Solved] root partition full, but Idk where the space is

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