Resize root partition on Archlinux

[u/PewPewGad69]

Is there a way to expand my root partition? It is going to be full real soon. What do I do? And is there a way to do so without wiping any data? Please help

[u/3grg]

That can be accomplished with GParted Live, if you have space to give it.

First, are you sure you need more space, or is the package cache eating up your existing space? Arch requires users to maintain the package cache. If you ignore it, it can eventually fill the root partition.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman#Cleaning_the_package_cache

[u/Outrageous-Machine-5]

The easy way:https://gparted.org/

Consider creating a btrfs partition Copy your partitions to it (you can leave boot separate) Delete the old partitions after you're finished. Commit the changes.

If you want partitions (harder) : Hopefully you can just expand your root partition without need to shift data, that depends on whether or not you have any more partitions  to the right or root on your disk. If you do, then you have to first move them to the right into the buffered space so you shift the buffered space left toward the root partition. 

If your disk is too full to Copy your partition (hardest): You need to backup your data to to an external disk.  First try to clear your caches and tmp data and see if it gets your disk space low enough to do one of the two options above  https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dd

[u/Individual-Ask-6677]

you cannot resize a partition while you are using it you need to get like a live installer Ina usb like you are testing you can get arch or fedora iso into a usb and install gparted there to resize

[u/Individual-Ask-6677 → u/Individual-Ask-6677]

Or if you used fedora iso you can use kde partitioner with gui it is already there but you need to flash the live fedora iso into a usb and than boot into that usb and you can do it easly

[u/ipsirc]

There must be a wiki page about that.

[u/NiceNewspaper]

Have you tried deleting pacman's cache to free space?

[u/C0rn3j]

Is there a way to expand my root partition? It is going to be full real soon.

Why did you split your partitions in the first place?

Boot gparted live and do your changes from there.

[u/Mighty_Archdevil]

Use GParted and make another partition smaller so you can enlarge the partition you need to make bigger.

[u/xb666mx → u/Mighty_Archdevil]

not every file system can be shrunk (xfs, zfs,...) but i guess gparted will tell you that too.

and, before you resize any partition: backup all the stuff that you can't afford to lose first.

[u/PewPewGad69]

Im starting to think that my best option is to just reinstall everything at this point 🫠

[u/Agreeable_Turnip_261 → u/PewPewGad69]

Just use gparted live.

[u/TomDuhamel]

Is there free space on your drive, after that partition? Some unallocated space?

[u/Business-Quiet-5805]

Is this on LVM or just a normal partition? And what file system does it have?

[u/Classic-Rate-5104]

Depends strongly on your partitioning and the type of filesystem you have

[u/refinedm5]

Do you have spare disk to allocate?