[SOLVED]Is the correct partition getting the installations?

Sheeb1 · 2024-08-15 18:06:17

I noticed that the 30GB / partition has been increasing in space used, but the /home partition is remaining at about 1GB. My system doesn't have much installed on it, but is there something wrong with how I set up my partitions maybe?

https://imgur.com/a/qO5nMJM

Last edited by Sheeb1 (2024-08-15 21:40:35)

kermit63 · 2024-08-15 18:13:38

Please post the contents of /etc/fstab, enclosed with tags.

Trilby · 2024-08-15 18:16:27

For future reference, please do not post photos of text. Instead post text as text. Also don't post excerpts, but rather full commands and output.

In this case, however, that information in that image on it's own is of no use to your current question. The following command can get a better answer:

df -T /bin/* /lib/* | sort -ru

That will list what partition most contents belonging to packages reside on - and that should be your 30GB / partition.

Last edited by Trilby (2024-08-15 18:17:45)

Sheeb1 · 2024-08-15 18:28:41

kermit63 wrote:

Please post the contents of /etc/fstab, enclosed with tags.

# Static information about the filesystems.
# See fstab(5) for details.

# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/mapper/volgroup0-lv_root
UUID=44a56c69-0954-4659-81ad-876605d0d900       /               ext4            rw,relatime     0 1

# /dev/nvme0n1p2
UUID=b9732c86-2f5b-4026-a113-e1159c0a9f9b       /boot           ext4            rw,relatime     0 2

# /dev/mapper/volgroup0-lv_home
UUID=8c322767-913c-4e69-8f1e-0683c454587f       /home           ext4            rw,relatime     0 2

Trilby wrote:

That will list what partition most contents belonging to packages reside on - and that should be your 30GB / partition.

Filesystem                    Type 1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/volgroup0-lv_root ext4  30787492 11552572  17645672  40% /

Is there a way to change this? When installing i meant to have the /home partition hold all my files and such, or is this normal?

Trilby · 2024-08-15 18:51:17

Change what? Everything you posted looks good. I see no problem here.

Sheeb1 · 2024-08-15 21:28:59

It says that the packages go to the root partition, is this supposed to happen? I would have thought that theyd go to the /home partition

Trilby · 2024-08-15 21:36:26

Yes that's supposed to happen. Your /home/ is the one place where no package can ever install anything.

That's your user's home (and any other human users if there are any). That's where files you create, content you download, your configs, and the like remain. Home partitions are nearly empty after a fresh install (strictly speaking they're completely empty after a base install, but once you add a user and run much of anything, some configs will get placed there). Home partitions, however, can grow effectively without bound over time as you collect more and more "stuff" - and it often holds very large files such as video or other media.

The root directory (/) contains system files, libraries, binaries, and some other packaged content. The amount of space needed for the root directory is proportional to the types of software you use: e.g., a full big DE takes more space than a standalone WM. But the root directory is much less likely to grow significantly over time once you have your system set up the way you want.

Last edited by Trilby (2024-08-15 21:38:22)

Sheeb1 · 2024-08-15 21:40:15

Ohhhh alright cool thanks

Funny0facer · 2024-08-16 05:14:38

Have a look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … filesystem when you see your root partition useage grows and grows. One typical thing to look for would be the package cache.

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