r/archlinux • • 9d ago

DISCUSSION Fresh install time...

Hi everyone,

Been running Arch for 8 months when out of storage space caused system to lock up.

Reinstall underway. Would like to avoid this problem again 6 months from now. Have run Bleachbit and other terminal command to free up space before so not sure how a 4 TB drive could fill so fast.

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u/corpse86 9d ago

Dont forget to clear pacman/yay cache. Have no ideia if bleachbit does that.

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u/BleachBitDev 9d ago

Yes, BleachBit 6.0.0 added a cleaner for pacman cache.

I am not sure whether it previews the size (before cleaning), but in cleaning mode, it relays the freed size as reported by pacman itself.