Free up rootfs space
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Disabling extras-testing and extras-devel will (currently) give you an extra 11.5Mb in rootfs
Disabling extras-testing and extras-devel will (currently) give you an extra 11.5Mb in rootfs
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=== 2. Reinstall python ===
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=== 2. Optify python ===
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This one is a bit more work, but gives you around 20Mb.
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This will move python to opt:
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If you installed a python application (for example FM Radio, Quicknote, Witter) before python was optified, you need to reinstall python. '''This will uninstall your python applications''', so you will need to reinstall them after you're done. For this you need rootsh which is in extras.
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[CODE]sudo gainroot
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apt-get install pymaemo-optify
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check that app manger is not running
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apt-get clean[/CODE]
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open xterm
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type the following commands:
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sudo gainroot
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apt-get remove python
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This will prompt if you really want to do it and give a list of things that will be removed. It's good to check the list so you know which applications are going to be uninstalled.
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then these commands:
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apt-get remove python2.5
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apt-get remove python-osso
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apt-get autoremove
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apt-get clean
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I think I manually installed python-osso on my device, so that one might just say that it's not installed.
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After that is done open application manager and reinstall the python applications. The new optified version of python will be automatically installed with them. Try with FM Radio for example.
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When the program is installed, type df -h in the xterm to see if it worked.
When the program is installed, type df -h in the xterm to see if it worked.
The output should now contain these lines at the end:
The output should now contain these lines at the end:
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[CODE]
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/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python2.5
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/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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/opt/pymaemo/usr/share/pyshared
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/opt/pymaemo/usr/share/pyshared
                       2064208    471712  1487640  24% /usr/share/pyshared
                       2064208    471712  1487640  24% /usr/share/pyshared
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/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/pyshared
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/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/pyshared
                       2064208    471712  1487640  24% /usr/lib/pyshared
                       2064208    471712  1487640  24% /usr/lib/pyshared
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/opt/pymaemo/usr/share/python-support
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/opt/pymaemo/usr/share/python-support
                       2064208    471712  1487640  24% /usr/share/python-support
                       2064208    471712  1487640  24% /usr/share/python-support
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/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python-support
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/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python-support
                       2064208    471712  1487640  24% /usr/lib/python-support
                       2064208    471712  1487640  24% /usr/lib/python-support
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Scroll up to see rootfs status. It should hopefully have more space now.
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[/CODE]
= Process =
= Process =

Revision as of 11:14, 14 January 2010

Here's a simple howto for those suffering from lack of space in rootfs:

The first one is more of a temporary matter, for example to get enough space to install an update, but it's also the fastest and easiest.

Disable extras-testing and extras-devel and third party repositories

Simply check the disabled box and save in the Application Manager's catalogues menu. wait for app manger to update the lists. Of course this only helps if you actually had these repositories enabled.

Disabling extras-testing and extras-devel will (currently) give you an extra 11.5Mb in rootfs

2. Optify python

This will move python to opt: [CODE]sudo gainroot apt-get install pymaemo-optify apt-get clean[/CODE]

When the program is installed, type df -h in the xterm to see if it worked. The output should now contain these lines at the end: [CODE] /opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python2.5 

                      2064208    471712   1487640  24% /usr/lib/python2.5

/opt/pymaemo/usr/share/pyshared 

                      2064208    471712   1487640  24% /usr/share/pyshared

/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/pyshared 

                      2064208    471712   1487640  24% /usr/lib/pyshared

/opt/pymaemo/usr/share/python-support 

                      2064208    471712   1487640  24% /usr/share/python-support

/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python-support 

                      2064208    471712   1487640  24% /usr/lib/python-support

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Process

You can free space by uninstalling applications that you do not need. A problem is if you do not know how these applications are called. To find it out:

  • open a console
  • start the application that you do not need
  • in the console, type 
ps -ef

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)


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