[CVALE] Out of disk space...Up a creek with no paddle?

[Matt R Hall]

apt-get saves packages it's already downloaded in case you have to
fiddle with them and remove / reinstall to get them functioning right,
or if you want to use them on other machines. apt-get clean deletes
everything in the repository and apt-get auto-clean deletes everything
it thinks you have installed already. For me, auto-clean does not seem
to work so well so I do not really recommend it.

HTH,
Matt

On 11/7/06, Patrick Bennett <stnick at bennettbungalow.com> wrote:
> Try logging into a console / command line interface (from gnome do
> ctrl-alt-f1 for instance) and getting to a root prompt (you may have to
> log in as a standard user than do "su" to get root access). Then issue
> the commands: "apt-get clean" and "apt-get auto-clean".... You may find
> that this clears up a buttload of hard drive space. What it does is
> delete the apt packages cache, or something along those lines (see man
> apt-get for more info).
>
> -Patrick