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[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 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[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

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[+] -15 points 1 year ago (7 children)

dd if=/dev/zero of=/var

But really, remove what you don't use and/or stop using flatpak.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    FYI Don’t use this command. I think it was intended as a joke, but I just want to clarify.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    That's why I didn't include any privilege escalation, even if someone ran it as is it would fail. But a warning is also appropriate, thanks.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That doesn't make it better.

    The first thing a novice user learns is to slap sudo in the front if they don't have access to do something.

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