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#1 2020-01-03 19:34:17
- gdeshors
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[solved] /var/lib/flatpak taking 2 GiB though no flatpak p. installed
Hi
My / partition regularly complains that it is full and I now have to carefully issue 'yaourt -Sc' before every update or else I run out of space before the end. I took some time to search and found only one anomaly, at least I think it is one and I'd like some advice.
I found that the directory /var/lib/flatpak/repo contains 254 directories for a total of 2 GiB, but I have no flatpak package installed. 'flatpak list' returns nothing. 'flatpak remotes' used to list 4 remotes :
➜ flatpak remotes
Name Options
flathub system
flathub user
gnome user
gnome-nightly user
I then deleted these 4 with 'flatpak remote-delete', but the space used remains the same.
I don't remember using flatpak directly, and I don't think I need it ; can I safely remove everything inside repo ? Or is there a command to clean it ? Thank you.
Last edited by gdeshors (2020-01-04 19:27:55)
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#2 2020-01-04 11:30:32
- Everette88
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Re: [solved] /var/lib/flatpak taking 2 GiB though no flatpak p. installed
Just do "sudo rm -r /var/lib/flatpak" if you don't use flatpak (plus remove flatpak package). Also stop using yaourt which is abandoned for a long time. Find alternative here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AU … son_tables
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#3 2020-01-04 19:30:12
- gdeshors
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Re: [solved] /var/lib/flatpak taking 2 GiB though no flatpak p. installed
Thanks for the confirmation. And also for telling me that yaourt was abandoned, I probably don't go often enough on the forums and the wiki...
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#4 2020-01-05 05:01:20
- eschwartz
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Re: [solved] /var/lib/flatpak taking 2 GiB though no flatpak p. installed
Also stop using yaourt which is abandoned for a long time. Find alternative here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AU … son_tables
If only any of those options were actually better than yaourt...
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