/ running out of space

During installation, I allowed 32 GB for Manjaro system /; actuall less than 1 GB is left free and almost once an hour a warning shows up. I Tried to understand the issue and found, that /var/cache/pacman/pkg takes about 7.9 GB.


I tried to reduce paccache, but this was already done:

$ paccache --remove --keep 2 --verbose
==> no candidate packages found for pruning
$

How can I solve this?

You can do two things. :arrow_down:

  1. Completely clean out the package cache. :arrow_down:
sudo paccache -rvk0
  1. Split off some stuff from the root filesystem, as per this tutorial. :arrow_down:

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Thank you @Aragorn, the second proposal seems too difficult for myself. For the first one I had in mind

$ paccache --dryrun --keep 1 --verbose
...
==> finished dry run: 1286 candidates (disk space saved: 3.17 GiB)

Would this be OK?
But I would really like to understand the reason. After instalation, I could keep three paccache-versions.Only few additional software has been installed since then. So: What is eating the disk space?

inxi:

$ inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.85-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=3fb81935-3c2a-4b83-ae67-7b8f75e23839 rw text apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=338139c5-0361-42c0-9573-dbd00f711a01
    udev.log_priority=3 noplymouth acpi_backlight=none
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.7 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20UH001QGE v: ThinkPad T14s Gen 1
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20UH001QGE v: SDK0J40697 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: R1CET65W(1.34 ) date: 06/17/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 17.8 Wh (38.0%) condition: 46.8/57.0 Wh (82.1%)
    volts: 11.2 min: 11.5 model: SMP 5B10W139 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: discharging cycles: 918
Memory:
  RAM: total: 30.59 GiB used: 4.13 GiB (13.5%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x8600106
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB
    desc: 2x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1582 high: 2431 min/max: 1400/1700 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1637 2: 1530
    3: 1538 4: 1610 5: 1347 6: 1301 7: 1340 8: 1366 9: 1561 10: 2209 11: 1329
    12: 1352 13: 1292 14: 1327 15: 2157 16: 2431 bogomips: 54319
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid
    f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs
    irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe
    msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae
    pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb
    pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a
    rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
    sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc
    tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
    wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP
    protection
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
    always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5.1
    code: Vega-2 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2018-21 pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636 class-ID: 0300 temp: 34.0 C
  Device-2: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 2-2:2 chip-ID: 13d3:5405 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.6 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x14f2 built: 2018
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81")
    diag: 354mm (13.9") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.1 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM
    14.0.6 DRM 3.42 5.15.85-1-MANJARO) direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel alternate: snd_pci_acp3x,snd_pci_acp5x
    pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2
    class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.6
    chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.15.85-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.63 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: 2400 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0f0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 6-4:3
    chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 1.14 TiB (62.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
    model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 32 GiB size: 31.2 GiB (97.50%) used: 28.85 GiB (92.5%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: Manjaro
    uuid: 3fb81935-3c2a-4b83-ae67-7b8f75e23839
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 17.5 MiB (3.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
    label: UEFI-ESP uuid: F8E8-132F
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 32 GiB size: 31.2 GiB (97.50%)
    used: 13.82 GiB (44.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
    label: home uuid: 36be0edf-49c4-4ee0-96a3-4da6bc64a86c
  ID-4: /home/<filter>/VirtualBoxVMs raw-size: 300 GiB
    size: 294.23 GiB (98.08%) used: 152.14 GiB (51.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 label: Virtual
    uuid: c29b5da5-b959-4989-87ed-6db493b9c3a0
  ID-5: /mnt/Daten raw-size: 1.21 TiB size: 1.19 TiB (98.34%)
    used: 969.44 GiB (79.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
    label: Daten uuid: 249b9b5a-332c-4176-8a2e-9cef91138ce6
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 64 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: Swap
    uuid: 338139c5-0361-42c0-9573-dbd00f711a01
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 size: 200 GiB fs: ext4 label: TimeShift
    uuid: ee73659c-5cf3-46d2-a7c8-29db485d1b85
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-2:2 info: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 13d3:5405 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 4-3:2 info: Alcor Micro AU9540 Smartcard Reader type: Smart Card
    driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 50mA
    chip-ID: 058f:9540 class-ID: 0b00
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 6-3:5 info: Synaptics Prometheus MIS Touch Fingerprint Reader
    type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 06cb:00bd class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 6-4:3 info: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 34.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0
Info:
  Processes: 356 Uptime: 22h 55m wakeups: 8 Init: systemd v: 252
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1811 libs: 416 tools: pamac Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.24
$

Filesystem is ext4

I would suggest:

  • backup everything
  • remove swap
  • move/resize “/” (Manjaro ) to fill the gap
  • shrink one other partition by 64GB
  • recreate swap at the free place

or better:

  • backup everything
  • remove swap
  • move “/home” to the free space
  • resize “/” (Manjaro ) to fill the gap
  • shrink one other partition by 64GB
  • recreate swap at the free place

If you had used btrfs it would have been possible to:

  • backup everything
  • shrink one partition by 64GB
  • create an empty partition at the free space
  • join this new partition to the filesystem of “/”
  • enable compression on “/” subvolume

And analyse again, what you have installed :wink:

  • Is “baloo” indexing snapshots of Timeshift ?

and :100: :

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I don’t really see why; it contains the literal instructions. :man_shrugging:

That is for you to decide upon. It says that it would free 3.17 GiB of space, but you know that /var/cache/pacman/pkg takes up 7.9 GiB of space.

  1. Packages grow as they evolve. Sometimes additional packages are being pushed out as well.

  2. If you have any Snap and/or FlatPak packages installed, those use up a lot of space because they come bundled with all of the shared libraries used inside their container.

Is there a way to add -d “dryrun” to this?

sudo paccache -dk0

-r removes the packages from the cache. -d shows you how much space would be freed if you remove the packages from the cache, without actually removing them. You cannot use -r and -d together.

Besides, you already know how much free space it will yield, because your /var/cache/pacman/pkg takes up 7.9 GiB of space.

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The partitioning is not setup correctly.

64GB for swap? Why so much?

In ancient times there was a rule to have twice as much swap as RAM :wink:

Today: swap == RAM (if you want to hibernate)

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