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First timer Arch user here, just managed to install Arch Linux on my 2nd hard drive and got Gnome to work! Cool! Hope it'll be exciting!
It hasn't become a problem yet, but I guess the first question is that, is there a way to "merge" the root partition and the home partition? I used the recommended/default setting of leaving 7.5 GB for the root partition, and half of it is already used up, but I've a bunch of empty space in the /home partition. As I install more programs in the root partition, am I going to run out of space pretty soon?
Thanks!
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I believe 7.5GB for / is enough
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Well you can create a folder in your /home , let's say "pkg" then edit your /etc/pacman.conf :
and change your CacheDir = /home/username/pkg
Actually i keep my packages in a separate partition of 200gigs which is also mostly full now , I have age old packages lying around
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7.5 GB is fine for root. You might consider a separate /var as most of the space will be used by your /var/cache/ Download ncdu and use it to analyze your system. You'll see where the largest use is with it:
pacman -S ncdu
# ncdu /
To manage partitions without deleting them, use gparted. See the following wiki pages:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GParted
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gparted-Live
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Well you can create a folder in your /home , let's say "pkg" then edit your /etc/pacman.conf :
and change your CacheDir = /home/username/pkgActually i keep my packages in a separate partition of 200gigs which is also mostly full now , I have age old packages lying around
Hey, that sounds like a simple enough solution! Thanks!
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Good times and congrats, the first install is always the roughest, it gets to be a piece of cake after that
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why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention. "
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Definitely! I just installed too... Good luck on Arch! I've had a good time so far!:D
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