Yum cache memory space -

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Wed Sep 5 17:12:07 UTC 2012



Am 05.09.2012 18:52, schrieb Bob Goodwin - Zuni:
>        Error Downloading Packages:
>           1:libreoffice-core-3.5.6.2-2.fc17.x86_64: Insufficient space
>        in download directory /var/cache/yum/x86_64/17/updates/packages
>             * free   45 M
>             * needed 70 M
> 
>    [root at box9 bobg]# df -h
> 
>    shows:
> 
>    /dev/sda2           1.5G  1.5G     0 100% /var
> 
>    Perhaps I should have allocated space differently?

looks like

or you edit /etc/yum.conf -> cachedir=/var/cache/yum to somewhere else

>    Can I just clear /var/cache/yum/x86_64/17/updates/packages? 

you can even "rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*"
done this hundrets of times on many machines in the past years

>    suspect that if I could it should happen without my help?

why should it?
if /etc/yum.conf contains "keepcache=1" it is supposed to keep



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