Running out space for /var, what todo? Can I solve this?
by nkamp from LinuxQuestions.org on (#52J8A)
Hello,
I'm not a guru on linux but I try to learn it and try to succeed.
I have installed Fedora 31 without any further reason. I have been googling for the size of the different partition/mounting points.
Here my overview:
- boot: 500 Mb
- /: 10 Gb
- home: 50 Gb
- var: 4 Gb
- swap: 8 Gb
I'm developer and I have installed by myself:
- Apache
- PHP
- MySQL MariadB
- Netbeans
Everytime i update the software there was the message /var is running out of space or there is not much space left!
I'am more or less already in trouble. I have two kernels on my system.
I was playing around with docker to find out how it works. I have docker running with "Hello world".
The next step what I just did is "docker pull jenkins", but that is not possible anymore.
So what is the best thing todo in my case:
Thanks in advance,
Nico


I'm not a guru on linux but I try to learn it and try to succeed.
I have installed Fedora 31 without any further reason. I have been googling for the size of the different partition/mounting points.
Here my overview:
- boot: 500 Mb
- /: 10 Gb
- home: 50 Gb
- var: 4 Gb
- swap: 8 Gb
I'm developer and I have installed by myself:
- Apache
- PHP
- MySQL MariadB
- Netbeans
Everytime i update the software there was the message /var is running out of space or there is not much space left!
I'am more or less already in trouble. I have two kernels on my system.
I was playing around with docker to find out how it works. I have docker running with "Hello world".
The next step what I just did is "docker pull jenkins", but that is not possible anymore.
So what is the best thing todo in my case:
- Can I change the size? If so How
- I see most the diskspace is used by /var/cache/PackageKit (docker)
- I read somewere to make my home dir 50Gb now I'm doubting, why 50 Gb?
Thanks in advance,
Nico