<![CDATA[Help resizing the root partitiion]]>Hi,

when trying to install the new browser I ran into a problem with not having enough space in /var/cache/apt/archives

I thought this might have been because I did something foolish with my device (BQ M10 FHD - freiza) but I can see other people having the same problem.

Looking around the forum I can see that people recommend a couple of things:

  1. sudo apt autoremove or sudo apt-get clean
  2. Resizing the root partition

The solutions in 1. don't free up enough space.

For resizing I can see this script being mentioned - https://github.com/timsueberkrueb/plasma-phone-dev-setup/blob/master/usr/bin/resize-root-partition

Has anyone successfully used it? Is there an alternative?

Is there a recommended size to change to?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/1326/help-resizing-the-root-partitiionRSS for NodeMon, 09 Mar 2026 15:28:38 GMTWed, 06 Jun 2018 11:09:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Help resizing the root partitiion on Sun, 02 Jun 2019 16:17:02 GMT]]>This has worked for numerous users: https://forums.ubports.com/post/13645.

I've found running these commands works more reliably from fastboot mode.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/20446https://forums.ubports.com/post/20446Sun, 02 Jun 2019 16:17:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help resizing the root partitiion on Mon, 27 May 2019 16:28:27 GMT]]>You can bind /var/cache/apt/archives temporary, using mount -o bind command.

# create dir in userdata space 
$ sudo mkdir -p /userdata/system-data/var/cache/apt/archives
# mount - bind
$ sudo mount -o bind /userdata/system-data/var/cache/apt/archives /var/cache/apt/archives/

Now your /var/cache/apt/archives has more space until reboot.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/20291https://forums.ubports.com/post/20291Mon, 27 May 2019 16:28:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help resizing the root partitiion on Mon, 13 May 2019 16:03:02 GMT]]>Works, Thanks!

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/19915https://forums.ubports.com/post/19915Mon, 13 May 2019 16:03:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help resizing the root partitiion on Mon, 13 May 2019 15:54:41 GMT]]>@baruchiro You may have to create the folders in /userdata/system-data/var/cache/... i do not recall if i did or not on my side

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/19914https://forums.ubports.com/post/19914Mon, 13 May 2019 15:54:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help resizing the root partitiion on Mon, 13 May 2019 10:29:46 GMT]]>@tera It did not work, with the following error:

mount: special device /userdata/system-data//var/cache/apt/archives does not exist

But yesterday I somehow managed to make it work, but then I reinstalled and now I can not.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/19907https://forums.ubports.com/post/19907Mon, 13 May 2019 10:29:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help resizing the root partitiion on Sun, 12 May 2019 14:01:18 GMT]]>@baruchiro Adding this line will allow you to mount that /var/cache/.. folder inside the larger /userdata partition so there is space available to perform the package installation (double slashes are expected, check similar existing lines in /etc/fstab and note it's a bind mount)
Not sure if such change should be made persistant or only considered as a workaround...

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/19882https://forums.ubports.com/post/19882Sun, 12 May 2019 14:01:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help resizing the root partitiion on Sat, 11 May 2019 20:21:37 GMT]]>@tera I also did not understand if there was a mistake in the characters //?

/userdata/system-data//var/cache

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/19859https://forums.ubports.com/post/19859Sat, 11 May 2019 20:21:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help resizing the root partitiion on Sat, 11 May 2019 18:19:22 GMT]]>@tera Can you briefly explain what you have done here?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/19858https://forums.ubports.com/post/19858Sat, 11 May 2019 18:19:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help resizing the root partitiion on Sat, 11 May 2019 09:51:11 GMT]]>@padraic @baruchiro @matteo Got the same issue on FP2 and solved it by adding this line to /etc/fstab:

/userdata/system-data//var/cache/apt/archives /var/cache/apt/archives none bind 0 0

Issue then a sudo mount -a and retry installing...

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/19821https://forums.ubports.com/post/19821Sat, 11 May 2019 09:51:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help resizing the root partitiion on Fri, 10 May 2019 09:03:37 GMT]]>@matteo Hi, I just installed this tool, but I cant press on anything

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/19735https://forums.ubports.com/post/19735Fri, 10 May 2019 09:03:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Help resizing the root partitiion on Wed, 06 Jun 2018 16:01:37 GMT]]>Hi @padraic,
to resize the rootfs there is a tool called ATU which can be useful for you at the scope. I can redirect you to the page where there are the steps to be followed and the file to download:

ATU - All Things Ubuntu

Matteo

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/9517https://forums.ubports.com/post/9517Wed, 06 Jun 2018 16:01:37 GMT