I am doing my upgrade via apt-get dist-upgrade. I've installed an incredible amount of cra... err, interesting applications and have often run into space problems. To get around this I have done a few things. First, I moved the apt cache into the /opt directory In my case, I moved the directory, and then added a symbolic link so /var/cache/apt points to /opt/cache/apt. I did the same thing with /var/lib/dpkg pointing to /opt/lib/dpkg and /var/lib/apt pointing to /opt/lib/cache Even with that, I was told I needed 133 meg and I had less than that available in my /opt filesystem. To get around this, I went to /opt/cache/apt/archives and did a 'rm *' Then, I ran apt-get dist-upgrade. It took about half an hour for me to download everything and is taking at least that long to unpack and install everything. It has had a few hiccups due to network problems and other issues, so I've had to restart the process once or twice, as well as do an apt-get -f install at one point to fix problems with dependencies that got messed up along the way. In spite of all of this, I still think that using apt-get from the command line is the best approach. Aldon > -----Original Message----- > From: maemo-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxx > [mailto:maemo-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Oleg Hahm > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 8:57 AM > To: Paul Hartman > Cc: maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: PR1.2 is here > > > Hi! > > Am Tue, May 25, 2010 at 03:42:31PM -0500 schrieb Paul Hartman: > > > I thought reflassing was something from the past since Nokia > started distributing the updates as packages with Diablo. Why is it > > > necessary to reflash? > > > > Because for most of the world (other than UK) it's not available as > > SSU yet, only as the firmware image. And we are impatient, despite > > after waiting months, we want it on our precious N900 right now. :) > > Dunno if I got it all right but let me summarize what I > experienced so far: > - some hours ago the packet manager informed me about a Maemo 5 update. > - when I try to install it, it recommends a backup and asks me > to connect my > phone with the PC suite (which is assumingly some Windows crap > and I don't > use a Linux phone to then need a Windows PC to upgrade it). > - so I tried apt-get dist-upgrade which asks me to upgrade more than 1000 > packages which fails because of insufficient disk space. > - so the only possibility for me to get the new version on my > phone would be > to reflash it and then pray that nothing goes wrong and I will > have all the > software installed like before. > > Did I miss something? Isn't their a more comfortable way? > > Regards > Oleg > -- > "Why do all the things have to change > Just when they mean the most?" > The God Machine, It's All Over > _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
