▲ 23 ▼ [SOLVED] my var directory on debian 13.1 has only 500 MiB free space and I cannot update flatpak anymore. How do I solve this? (lemmy.ml) submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by arsus5478@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments [SOLVED] too many unsuccessful flatpak updates lingered in this directory. It sorted itself out after rebooting the system. var capacity 11.1 GiB, var usage 10.6 GiB
[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (1 child) du -hsc /var Check the sheets to see which directories are taking up your space. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] arsus5478@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child) du -hsc /var sudo du -hsc /var returns: 10G /var, 10G total du -hsc /var returns: du: cannot read directory '/var/lost+found': Permission denied, du: cannot read directory '/var/spool/cron/crontabs': Permission denied... 25 more lines like this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago Put a sudo in front of that then permalink fedilink source parent
[–] arsus5478@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child) du -hsc /var sudo du -hsc /var returns: 10G /var, 10G total du -hsc /var returns: du: cannot read directory '/var/lost+found': Permission denied, du: cannot read directory '/var/spool/cron/crontabs': Permission denied... 25 more lines like this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago Put a sudo in front of that then permalink fedilink source parent
[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago Put a sudo in front of that then permalink fedilink source parent