Yum cache memory space -

[Bill Davidsen]

Reindl Harald wrote:
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> 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
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>>     [root at box9 bobg]# df -h
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>>     shows:
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>>     /dev/sda2           1.5G  1.5G     0 100% /var
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>>     Perhaps I should have allocated space differently?
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> looks like
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> or you edit /etc/yum.conf -> cachedir=/var/cache/yum to somewhere else
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>>     Can I just clear /var/cache/yum/x86_64/17/updates/packages?
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> you can even "rm -rf /var/cache/yum/*"
> done this hundrets of times on many machines in the past years

I don't think that was his question. And unless you are doing something very 
unusual, why would you not use "yum clean all" to preserve the structure?
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>>     suspect that if I could it should happen without my help?
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> why should it?
> if /etc/yum.conf contains "keepcache=1" it is supposed to keep
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