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My SDA is reaching 90%. Can I safety delete files from /tmp and /var/cache/apt/archives folders based on date, as long as they are not current?

I also tried to remove old Linux Images using both commands:

sudo apt-get purge linux-image-2.6.24-24 linux-image-2.6.32-67 
sudo dpkg --remove linux-image-2.6.24-24 linux-image-2.6.32-67

But dpkg ignored the request saying these images aren't installed, and apt-get said it couldn't find these packages.

Which other folders or files can I safety delete?

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  • Clean the apt cache. sudo apt-get clean – Rohitt Vashishtha Nov 02 '16 at 07:20
  • SDA is an unclear identifier. Since you are trying to remove old kernel images, do you mean the boot partition? Could you post the output of df? – Melebius Nov 02 '16 at 08:55
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    /tmp would not help ... the removed files will return in /tmp/ gradually unless you manually put them there. Missing info: How big is sda? Did you check /var/log/ for large log files? (anything in /var/log ending on a -digit- can be removed too) – Rinzwind Nov 02 '16 at 09:39
  • /var/log do not have large log files. I manage to reduce it down from 90% to 78%. Here's the partial df -h output as it's too long to post:

    Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 144G 106G 31G 78% / none 7.9G 224K 7.9G 1% /dev none 7.9G 0 7.9G 0% /dev/shm none 7.9G 64K 7.9G 1% /var/run none 7.9G 0 7.9G 0% /var/lock none 7.9G 0 7.9G 0% /lib/init/rw

     – wong boon hong Nov 07 '16 at 01:08

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