I wanted to upgrade my system from Biolinux 7.0 to Ubuntu 13.10 and still keep all my biolinux packages like galaxy, biopython and etc …
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/omg-5-five-ways-to-free-space-in-ubuntu
http://www.westernwillow.com/cms/blog/franco/reclaiming-disk-space-ubuntu-server
http://theopenhelp.com/2010/06/how-to-free-up-disk-space-in-ubuntu.html
http://askubuntu.com/questions/100004/how-can-i-free-space-from-a-massive-39-5gb-var-log-folder
Code:
sudo apt-get autoclean sudo apt-get autoremove sudo apt-get clean
Try to clean the cache using
sudo rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb
http://askubuntu.com/questions/39536/how-can-i-store-var-on-a-separate-partition
http://askubuntu.com/questions/32191/how-do-i-remove-cached-deb-files
raony@biolinux[raony] df -h [ 8:16AM]
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 19G 16G 1.5G 92% /
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 19G 14G 3.5G 80% /
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 19G 12G 5.8G 67% /