Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 09:37:46 +0000 (GMT) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Jolok <joshualokken@attbi.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Freeing space on /usr Message-ID: <20020309093404.H28896-100000@pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <000e01c1c805$3747d250$06aae00c@jolok>
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On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Jolok wrote:
> hello:
>
> i just made xfree86-4.2.0 after a clean install of FreeBSD
> 4.5 with the ports collection and no x. the make went well,
> but after 'make install', it cooks along for awhile, then i
> run out of space on my /usr slice. i am running a 3.2 GB
> disk with s 1.4GB /usr slice--why is this happening? I was
> under the impression that FreeBSD was fairly small. What can
> i safely delete (or move) to make room for X? How do I find
> the size of any particular directory?
You can view the size of your directories with something like
# du -h -d 5
(-human readable and - search depth)
--> # man du
> Where (in the standard documentation) should i read about
> this? I do read before i mail, but i haven't found any help
> yet. Thank you.
>
> jolok
>
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