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Here's a simple howto for those suffering from lack of space in rootfs. The first suggestion is more of a temporary matter, for example to get enough space to install an update, but it's also the fastest and easiest. The suggestions are in order of potential threat to operating system. Least dangerous first and the most dangerous last. The rest are more permanent (and thus more useful), but they require [[root access]]. | Here's a simple howto for those suffering from lack of space in rootfs. The first suggestion is more of a temporary matter, for example to get enough space to install an update, but it's also the fastest and easiest. The suggestions are in order of potential threat to operating system. Least dangerous first and the most dangerous last. The rest are more permanent (and thus more useful), but they require [[root access]]. | ||
- | ==Listing rootfs space on your device == | + | |
+ | ===Listing rootfs space on your device === | ||
Use this command to determine how much rootfs space is allocated, used, and available on your device. | Use this command to determine how much rootfs space is allocated, used, and available on your device. | ||
- | df -h | + | df -h | head -n 2 |
If you want to see all filesystems, use only "df -h". | If you want to see all filesystems, use only "df -h". | ||
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===Disable Extras-testing, Extras-devel, and/or any other third party repositories=== | ===Disable Extras-testing, Extras-devel, and/or any other third party repositories=== | ||
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Simply check the disabled box and save in the Application Manager's catalogues menu. Wait for app manger to update the lists. This only helps if you actually had these repositories enabled. | Simply check the disabled box and save in the Application Manager's catalogues menu. Wait for app manger to update the lists. This only helps if you actually had these repositories enabled. | ||
- | Disabling | + | Disabling extras-testing and extras-devel will (currently) give you an extra 5 MB in rootfs |
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===Clear apt cache=== | ===Clear apt cache=== | ||
- | Run following command (has to be done as root) | + | Run following command (has to be done as [[root]]) |
apt-get clean | apt-get clean | ||
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===Remove unused dependencies=== | ===Remove unused dependencies=== | ||
- | Run following command (has to be done as root) | + | Run following command (has to be done as [[root]]) |
apt-get autoremove | apt-get autoremove | ||
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- | + | ===List of big and rarely used files=== | |
- | + | You can't just delete these files, this is just a list with ideas! You have to know what you are going to do with them (optify, backup+remove, etc.). | |
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- | + | /usr/share/locale (10 MB, but you have to keep at least the one language you use) | |
- | + | /usr/share/themes/alpha and /beta (they use 5-6 MB each, keep the one you use) | |
- | + | /usr/share/fonts/arabic and /chinese (2,5 MB less for people who don't speak those two languages) | |
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===Move apt cache outside of rootfs=== | ===Move apt cache outside of rootfs=== | ||
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mkdir -p /home/user/MyDocs/apt-archive-cache/archives/partial | mkdir -p /home/user/MyDocs/apt-archive-cache/archives/partial | ||
- | Now execute apt-get with the -o option as root: | + | Now execute apt-get with the -o option as [[root]]: |
apt-get -o dir::cache=/home/user/MyDocs/apt-archive-cache <command> | apt-get -o dir::cache=/home/user/MyDocs/apt-archive-cache <command> | ||
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===Optify Python=== | ===Optify Python=== | ||
- | If you have installed python or a python program before it was optified, you can optify it with this method. First [[Terminal#Opening_the_terminal|open a console]], then type the following commands as root: | + | If you have installed python or a python program before it was optified, you can optify it with this method. First [[Terminal#Opening_the_terminal|open a console]], then type the following commands as [[root]]: |
apt-get install pymaemo-optify | apt-get install pymaemo-optify | ||
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/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python2.5 | /opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python2.5 | ||
2064208 471712 1487640 24% /usr/lib/python2.5 | 2064208 471712 1487640 24% /usr/lib/python2.5 | ||
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===Remove non-optified packages=== | ===Remove non-optified packages=== | ||
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You get a listing of all running processes, including the application you just started. To find out what package an application belongs to, enter | You get a listing of all running processes, including the application you just started. To find out what package an application belongs to, enter | ||
dpkg --search $(which ''processname'') | dpkg --search $(which ''processname'') | ||
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Source: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=468063&postcount=1 | Source: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=468063&postcount=1 | ||
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===Custom scripts=== | ===Custom scripts=== | ||
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This script will move some unnecessary files on rootfs to /home/opt/ to free up space on rootfs. | This script will move some unnecessary files on rootfs to /home/opt/ to free up space on rootfs. | ||
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First, create a file, move-to-opt.sh for example, containing this script: | First, create a file, move-to-opt.sh for example, containing this script: | ||
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- | # Moving video on start-up to /home/opt | + | #!/bin/sh |
- | mkdir -p /home/opt/usr/share/hildon-welcome 2> /dev/null | + | # Nokia N900 Maemo 5 Script to free up space on rootfs |
- | cp -r /usr/share/hildon-welcome/* /home/opt/usr/share/hildon-welcome | + | # ignoring errors when creating dirs that may already exist |
- | rm -r /usr/share/hildon-welcome | + | |
- | ln -s /home/opt/usr/share/hildon-welcome /usr/share/hildon-welcome | + | # Moving ?? icons to /home/opt |
- | + | mkdir -p /home/opt/usr/share/icons 2> /dev/null | |
- | # ?? | + | cp -r /usr/share/icons/* /home/opt/usr/share/icons |
- | mkdir -p /home/opt/usr/share/pixmaps 2> /dev/null | + | rm -r /usr/share/icons |
- | cp -r /usr/share/pixmaps/* /home/opt/usr/share/pixmaps | + | ln -s /home/opt/usr/share/icons /usr/share/icons |
- | rm -r /usr/share/pixmaps | + | |
- | ln -s /home/opt/usr/share/pixmaps /usr/share/pixmaps | + | # Moving video on start-up to /home/opt |
- | + | mkdir -p /home/opt/usr/share/hildon-welcome 2> /dev/null | |
- | # Moving 'apt cache' to /home/opt - Valid until [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5746 Bug 5746] is fixed. | + | cp -r /usr/share/hildon-welcome/* /home/opt/usr/share/hildon-welcome |
- | mkdir -p /home/opt/var/cache/apt 2> /dev/null | + | rm -r /usr/share/hildon-welcome |
- | cp -r /var/cache/apt/* /home/opt/var/cache/apt | + | ln -s /home/opt/usr/share/hildon-welcome /usr/share/hildon-welcome |
- | rm -r /var/cache/apt | + | |
- | ln -s /home/opt/var/cache/apt /var/cache/apt | + | # ?? |
+ | mkdir -p /home/opt/usr/share/pixmaps 2> /dev/null | ||
+ | cp -r /usr/share/pixmaps/* /home/opt/usr/share/pixmaps | ||
+ | rm -r /usr/share/pixmaps | ||
+ | ln -s /home/opt/usr/share/pixmaps /usr/share/pixmaps | ||
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+ | # Moving 'apt cache' to /home/opt - Valid until [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5746 Bug 5746] is fixed. | ||
+ | mkdir -p /home/opt/var/cache/apt 2> /dev/null | ||
+ | cp -r /var/cache/apt/* /home/opt/var/cache/apt | ||
+ | rm -r /var/cache/apt | ||
+ | ln -s /home/opt/var/cache/apt /var/cache/apt | ||
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+ | # Moving locales [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=568370&postcount=11 Source] | ||
+ | mv /usr/share/locale /opt | ||
+ | ln -s /opt/locale /usr/share/locale | ||
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Set the script's permission for executable: | Set the script's permission for executable: | ||
chmod +x move-to-opt.sh | chmod +x move-to-opt.sh | ||
- | (note that this step will - without warning you in any way - not work on partitions which are only | + | (note that this step will - without warning you in any way - not work on partitions which are only fat formatted, as maybe your micro sd card will initially be; in such a case, move the script somewhere else) |
- | Run the script as root: | + | Run the script as [[root]]: |
./move-to-opt.sh | ./move-to-opt.sh | ||
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====Script to safely free space on rootfs==== | ====Script to safely free space on rootfs==== | ||
- | [ | + | [http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Tanner#Safely_free_some_space_on_rootfs This script] shows you how much space will be freed and automatically detects whether some directories have already been moved. |
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====Move some of the pre-installed applications into /opt==== | ====Move some of the pre-installed applications into /opt==== | ||
- | Some applications like Nokia Maps and the microb-engine are placed in /usr/share taking up valuable root space, moving these files will not affect the apps. | + | Some applications like Nokia Maps and the microb-engine are placed in /usr/share taking up valuable root space, moving these files will not affect the apps. Moving Nokia Maps (has to be done as [[root]]) will save 8.7 Mb: |
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- | Moving Nokia Maps (has to be done as root) will save 8.7 Mb: | + | |
mv /usr/share/nokia-maps /home/opt/ | mv /usr/share/nokia-maps /home/opt/ | ||
ln -s /home/opt/nokia-maps /usr/share/nokia-maps | ln -s /home/opt/nokia-maps /usr/share/nokia-maps | ||
- | Moving the microb-engine (has to be done as root) will save 13.9 Mb: | + | Moving the microb-engine (has to be done as [[root]]) will save 13.9 Mb: |
mv /usr/share/microb-engine /home/opt | mv /usr/share/microb-engine /home/opt | ||
ln -s /home/opt/microb-engine /usr/share/microb-engine | ln -s /home/opt/microb-engine /usr/share/microb-engine | ||
- | Moving the "Getting started" app/tutorial (has to be done as root) | + | Moving the "Getting started" app/tutorial (has to be done as [[root]]): |
mv /usr/share/tutorial-applet /home/opt | mv /usr/share/tutorial-applet /home/opt | ||
ln -s /home/opt/tutorial-applet /usr/share/tutorial-applet | ln -s /home/opt/tutorial-applet /usr/share/tutorial-applet | ||
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====Move themes==== | ====Move themes==== | ||
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{{ambox | {{ambox | ||
| type = notice | | type = notice | ||
- | | text = '''This may cause problems when changing themes, and reversing it is NOT possible unless the device is [[Updating the firmware|reflashed]] | + | | image= |
+ | | text = '''This may cause problems when changing themes, and reversing it is NOT possible unless the device is [[Updating the tablet firmware|reflashed]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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rm -r /usr/share/themes | rm -r /usr/share/themes | ||
ln -s /home/opt/usr/share/themes /usr/share/themes | ln -s /home/opt/usr/share/themes /usr/share/themes | ||
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[[Category:Power users]] | [[Category:Power users]] | ||
[[Category:N900]] | [[Category:N900]] | ||
[[Category:Firmware update]] | [[Category:Firmware update]] |
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