Problem with repozit...

[vasylek]

HI all,

I've got problem with my menagerlist. I've debian stable. How I give for example: apt-get install update etc. that shell show me txt:

debian:/home/vasylek# apt-cache search postgresql
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: WystÄ
piĹ bĹÄ
d podczas przetwarzania openntpd (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages

What am I sopoused to do?

p.s. I from Poland and sorry for my language ;]

[reed9]

Apt is running out of cache space.

Create a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ with the following content:

APT::Cache-Limit 50000000;

[vasylek]

Apt is running out of cache space.

Create a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ with the following content:

APT::Cache-Limit 50000000;

I tryed but...

I was here: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d and I have gave content: APT::Cache-Limit 50000000;

shell show me this:

debian:/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# APT::Cache-Limit 50000000;
bash: APT::Cache-Limit: command not found

[reed9]

You misunderstood me. You need to create a text file in the directory /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ with APT::Cache-Limit 50000000 in the body of the file. You'll need to open a text editor as root for this.

For example:

su -
gedit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/0aptconf

Replace gedit with whatever text editor you like.

[vasylek]

You forgot about this: ";" on the file end

Thanks for help.

p.s. what it was exactly?

[reed9]

You forgot about this: ";" on the file end

Thanks for help.

p.s. what it was exactly?

So I did.

The cache limit is just the amount of memory allocated to store package information. You don't normally run into this limit using the standard set of repos, but if you enable extra repos, sometimes the cache isn't large enough to store it all. Also why searching for packages uses apt-cache search.