Having trouble cleaning up space for your Ubuntu installation?
I only have a 4GB SSD drive on my Lenovo S10e netbook, so I have the problem myself. Here are some handy tips for you!
Remove files not needed
sudo apt-get autoremove
Remove all stored archives in the cache
Basically it clears up the ‘/var/cache/apt/archives/’ and ‘/var/cache/apt/archives/partial’ folders
sudo apt-get clean
Remove package files that can no longer be downloaded
sudo apt-get autoclean
Remove locale data
This will remove unneeded locale files and localized man pages.
sudo apt-get install localepurge
Run it:
localepurge
A window will pop up. There choose your language. I use English, therefor I chose “en”.
Ignore the capitalized ones.
Remove orphaned packages
It shows you which packages that have no other packages depending on them.
sudo apt-get install deborphan
Run it:
sudo deborphan | xargs sudo apt-get -y remove --purge
Cleaning up log files
sudo find /var/log -type f -exec rm {} \;
Cleaning up doc files (use only when desperate use of space)
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/doc/*
Remove Linux kernels not in use
Check what kernel you are using:
uname -r
Goto System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager
Search for “Linux” and mark all Linux header/kernel files which you are not currently using for complete removal. Then hit ‘apply’.
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