/var is getting full

[Amedee Van Gasse (on Ubuntu mailing lists)]

On Sat, October 10, 2009 10:15, Graham Watkins 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?

Please give us the output of

sudo du -hs /var



(sudo because there are some directories that are only accessible for root)


Thet will tell us where the biggest space hog is.
With that knowledge, we can give you better advice.