/var is getting full

[Graham Watkins]

Didar Hossain wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Graham Watkins
> <shellycat.gw at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> The other day when installing some updates, I got a warning message
>> saying that /var was too full.
>>
>> I checked using df and found it was 94% used.  (The partition is
>> 4.2Gb.)  This certainly seems a lot.  My 9.04 installation is just over
>> a month old so I'm surprised it's got full so quickly.
>>
>> What's the best (safest) way of slimming it down?
>>     
>
> I wonder if "apt-get clean" help?
>
> Regards,
> Didar
>
>   
Thanks for the reply.  Been there, done that. Still 94% used though.

Graham