On 2025-01-16 18.41, Tim via users wrote:
Michael Hennebry wrote:
After my most recent sudo dnf upgrade, /var/lib/flatpak/repo/objects is using up most of my /var partition. sudo dnf clean all did not help. Previously when my /var ran low, the problem was a directory named cache that I could just remove.
https://www.google.com/search?&q=flatpaks+filling+up+var
Flatpak is its own thing, and as far as I know, it's not managed by dnf. I don't use it to be familar with how Fedora is doing it, but it has its own management commands.
The way flatpaks work, it *is* going to be a space-wasting thing. But if you really are not using any of them, you ought to be able to remove a lot of their files, if not all of them. And probably reconfigure dnf to ignore them.
Though the question will be, are you actually using some flatpak things without realising it?
Some applications are moving to appimage or flatpack only. No other option unless Fedora volunteers take up the project. I have found this with one application that used to use appimage is moving to flatpack to save volunteer time and energy. For some applications, it is the wave of the future.
It needs to be planned for as many of us, me included, didn't have enough space if /var partition to account for this change.
I am now going to be rebuilding machines that have small /var partitions. At least with flatpack, I can use applications that are not in any Fedora repository.
Robin