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Someone asked something similar here, but no one answered, so I will try it.

I've just done a clean reinstall of my system, in which I have a 1TB HDD + 8GB SSD, which was used before for Windows' Fast Boot or something. I formatted it and installed Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 in it, and it works like a charm. Currently I have 1.5 GB of free space in the SSD, and I would like to have more, just in case.

Currently, my somewhat limited Linux knowledge makes me think a good solution for that would be to copy /usr or /usr/share to another partition and create a symbolic link to it at /(root). That's what I've been doing for a few years now with some folders at my home directory, like the Dropbox folder.

Can I do that? If not, why, and what would be a better alternative?

Emílio Dolgener Cantú
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  • I've read it, but from my understanding the suggestion is to use a whole partition as /usr, and mount it. I would like to have it in a folder somewhere inside the separate partition. I may be confused, though. – Emílio Dolgener Cantú Jun 21 '17 at 01:47
  • Yes, the suggestion is often to use a whole partition as /usr or some of the other system directories, as described also at the following link, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DiskSpace – sudodus Jun 21 '17 at 04:19
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    That's probably the best way to go, and I will probably try it. But still, it seems easier to just symlink /usr. Right? – Emílio Dolgener Cantú Jun 21 '17 at 14:17
  • I have not tested symlinking /usr. Maybe it works well. If you are willing to test it and share the result, I would be a happy reader/learner :-) It is a good idea to test with a second Ubuntu system (not your main 'production' system). – sudodus Jun 21 '17 at 15:40
  • Having /usr as a symbolic link violates the expectations of directory parenthood of some applications. One example I encountered was the Virtual Box installer when it tried to build the kernel module interface from source (in /usr/src). – David Foerster Jun 22 '17 at 10:33

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