installing in other partitions
hi,
is there a way to install applications in another partition other than the root partition. my linux partition is almost full and cannot afford to install in this partition. thanks. |
Since you have another partition available, you might consider moving /usr to that partition. If the partition is large enough to hold /usr, and since a significant portion of application files go into /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local, etc, having /usr in it's own partition seems a good idea.
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File system full | Partitioning options
You could create or use a different partition and create symlinks for the app you want to install elsewhere but it would be messy and potentially problematic. There are three alternate options that come readily to mind;
Extend the Partition/file system Create or use a different partition/file system moving '/usr' and updating fstab Uninstall unused apps and files In order to decide which is the most appropriate solution we will need more information. Please post the output of the following: fdisk -l df -k and if you are using Logical Volume Management: vgdisplay lvdisplay Once we have a better idea of how your filesystem is layed out you should get a more definitive answer. -Joe |
I ran into that problem.
I was very new and was not sure of partition sizes. Root "/ " was too small. I ended up backing up all of my info. Re partitioning and fresh install. |
bigrigdriver,
how do i change the /usr folder to another partition. my other partitions are in FAT32. zjem, heres the output for df -k Code:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on |
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