CANNOT CLEAR DISK SPACE

If you get told to type something it will more than likely be in terminal.

if you run:

dpkg -l | less

in terminal, then if you read the app list you can remove unnecessary packages that you don't need. Don't worry about the lib packages, those will be dealt with by removing other apps.

you could try:

sudo apt-get install deborphan; sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get --purge remove `deborphan`

you have a 6Gb root partition which is enough for a basic system. i have similar but stripped out all the splash screens as well as half the rubbish a default ubuntu install comes with

okay i typed in all these things into the terminal and it did some things, but my disk space is now at 96% used.. how can i actuall clear this?  do i just need to wipe this thing out completely or what?  and if so, how do i do that.. and also im not sure what things i can and cannot remove.. or what i need.
"in terminal, then if you read the app list you can remove unnecessary
packages that you don't need. Don't worry about the lib packages, those
will be dealt with by removing other apps."  like that.. which ones can and cannot i remove? thanks again

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From: actionparsnip <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #73873]: CANNOT CLEAR DISK SPACE
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Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 6:47 PM

Your question #73873 on yelp in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp/+question/73873

    Status: Open => Answered

actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
If you get told to type something it will more than likely be in
terminal.

if you run:

dpkg -l | less

in terminal, then if you read the app list you can remove unnecessary
packages that you don't need. Don't worry about the lib packages, those
will be dealt with by removing other apps.

you could try:

sudo apt-get install deborphan; sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get --purge
autoremove; sudo apt-get --purge remove `deborphan`

you have a 6Gb root partition which is enough for a basic system. i have
similar but stripped out all the splash screens as well as half the
rubbish a default ubuntu install comes with

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That's the thing. There is no black and white answer. I could say "uninstall firefox to free up space" but that's an app you use so you'd want to keep it. I simply can't tell you as I don't know who you are or what you use your PC for so you will have to use your own judgement and uninstall pointless apps you never use, I personally never use evolution so uninstalling it saves space, If you don't us VNC or PPP you can remove those too. To further save space you can uninstall usplash which will remove the bootsplash images which saves more space. I could list every possible app here but its simply not practical.
If you want to save and only use the word processor in openoffice then uninstall all of openoffice and install abiword. Lots less space used. Also check the usage in /home if it isn't on its own partition.

There are some things I find quite confusing in the information noahsmommy has provided.

1. Disc size is reported as 3.4 GB - the Dell Mini 9 comes with 16 GB solid state drive.
2. What is actually installed on this netbook?
3. Have you had any error messages when trying to install a program? If so, what were these?

Action:

1. Type "sudo fdisk -l" (without the quotes) into a terminal and post back the output.

If you are short of storage space, buy an SD card - there is a slot for one of these on the side of your netbook. You can buy SD cards of varying capacities. You can transfer some of the items that you have downloaded from your hard drive to the SD card - that will free up space.

if you run:

df -h

can you also give us the output here too. Do you by any chance dual boot (strange activity for a netbook but stranger things have happened)

The SD (or usb stick is equal) card sounds viable, you could mount it as /var/apt/cache and your updates will be downloaded to the card/stick instead of your systems drive. Saving wear as well as making it marginally faster.

Have you pruned the apps from your system? Did it make any difference?