root partition disk is full, how to clear it?

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I have a brand new System76 laptop w/15.04, 250G SSD as root partition. I was playing around with pycharm, doing a tutorial when i get a pop-up saying no disk space remaining. I close out of pycharm and open file manager, sure enough, my ssd is full. I've rebooted, but still have my root part full.

How do i find out whats filling it up and clear it out??

UPDATE: I used a 'du -k / | sort -n' to find the largest files being used on the disk, then deleted them.

You can remove: 1) Older or unused kernels (they use quite a few space); 2) Unused programs; 3) You could clear your home folder; 4) Always use Ctrl+H in your file manager to show hidden directories/folders. — Eduardo Cola, May 11 '15 at 16:11
this is a brand new machine, no older kernels, very few programs installed, home folder is practically empty... — user88710, May 11 '15 at 16:16
don't have gparted installed, and cant install it. (tried apt-get install gparted, got: "The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened" — user88710, May 11 '15 at 16:22
It came to me with ubuntu installed, so, no, i never used it before ubuntu...
FYI- i cant post a screenshot because i have no reputation.... — user88710, May 11 '15 at 16:40
THIS QUESTION IS NOT A DUPLICATE. There is a problem with Ubuntu 15.04 filling up the /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ directory. This has struck others as well. I will post the answer if the question is reopened. — Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Aug 03 '15 at 08:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 11 '15 at 16:23

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try sudo apt-get autoclean to remove the apt cache. It will give you some more space.

answered May 11 '15 at 16:23

Thiago Zanetti

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it freed 1.5GB in my machine! – anilbey Jul 06 '17 at 00:12

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 11 '15 at 16:47

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You could use baobab, a disk usage analyzer. It is installed by default

It will help you troubleshoot your problem.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Baobab

answered May 11 '15 at 16:47

solsTiCe

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root partition disk is full, how to clear it?

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