installing software in different partition
 

my root partition is almost full and it happened to me many timed that i was not able to boot into my linux box due to less disk space
so is there a way to install softwares in different partition
for ex ...r there any parameters in apt-get command which install softwares in different partitions....

thanx in advance..

I'm not sure if it's possible, but if there's a way to do it, you'll find it in the apt howto. I'm not sure this is a good idea though. It could quickly become confusing trying to keep track of which packages are installed where.

A better way to solve your problem would be to move your entire /usr directory onto a separate partition. Simply create a new partition, move all of the files in /usr into it (be sure to back it up first), then edit your /etc/fstab so that that partition mounts at /usr. If you do it correctly, the changeover should be transparent to your system.

If you have the space to create other partitions, then you could simply re-size "/" to make it bigger.....
How full is the disk?

Or make the extra partition space into e.g. /usr, copy everything
across, and then mount it as /usr. If all is well (all this in
init 1) unmount it again and delete the content of /usr on the
original ... in terms of the installation and apt it won't make
a difference - apt should be agnostic in regards to partitions.



Cheers,
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