Timeline for Tracking down where disk space has gone on Linux?
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| S May 12, 2023 at 14:43 | history | suggested | Mithical | CC BY-SA 4.0 | add image description for accessibility; https |
| May 11, 2023 at 17:36 | review | Suggested edits | |||
| S May 12, 2023 at 14:43 | |||||
| Mar 16, 2023 at 21:21 | comment | added | Jgonzalez731 | can also be installed through homebrew brew install ncdu | |
| Dec 9, 2022 at 8:29 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Sep 27, 2021 at 8:05 | comment | added | jan-glx | no space, no sudo, no problem: wget -qO- https://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdu-linux-x86_64-1.16.tar.gz | tar xvz --directory /dev/shm && /dev/shm/ncdu -x ... urls might change, newer version might be available see here: dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu | |
| Sep 27, 2021 at 7:58 | comment | added | jan-glx | no space, no problem: sudo mkdir /ncdu && sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=500m tmpfs /ncdu && wget -qO- https://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdu-linux-x86_64-1.16.tar.gz | tar xvz --directory /ncdu && /ncdu/ncdu -x | |
| Sep 27, 2021 at 7:53 | comment | added | jan-glx | no sudo, no problem: wget -qO- https://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdu-linux-x86_64-1.16.tar.gz | tar xvz && ncdu -x (official builds) | |
| Aug 28, 2021 at 7:49 | comment | added | ekerner | Best answer imho | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 18:33 | comment | added | too | Pressing r when browsing disk usage refreshes current directory | |
| S Oct 1, 2019 at 15:34 | history | suggested | KERR | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Added screenshot |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 12:26 | review | Suggested edits | |||
| S Oct 1, 2019 at 15:34 | |||||
| May 23, 2019 at 15:43 | comment | added | bsplosion | This is like WinDirStat for Linux users - absolutely perfect for evaluating disk consumption and treating out-of-control scenarios. | |
| May 5, 2019 at 8:44 | comment | added | Blairg23 | Problem is... ran out of disk space so can't install another dependency :) | |
| Oct 26, 2018 at 19:47 | comment | added | Cerin | Error, can't install ncdu, E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/. :( | |
| Oct 19, 2018 at 22:32 | comment | added | Jay Taylor | Hands down the best. ncdu is an amazing and beautiful tool! | |
| Aug 20, 2018 at 9:52 | review | Suggested edits | |||
| Aug 20, 2018 at 11:05 | |||||
| Jun 14, 2018 at 16:57 | comment | added | Chris | I have so little space that I can't install ncdu | |
| Oct 19, 2017 at 23:01 | comment | added | dragon788 | @bshea had a great suggestion, many times on AWS it's only your root filesystem that is small, everything else is an EBS or EFS mount that is huge, so you only need to find and clean the root partition. | |
| Sep 21, 2017 at 15:58 | comment | added | B. Shea | @Alf47 Required header for what? You list only partial error. You are missing a lib dependency. Maybe try installing ncurses lib. That seems to be the usual culprit. The info is there in the build output on what your system is missing. see: unix.stackexchange.com/a/113493/186861 | |
| Sep 21, 2017 at 15:52 | comment | added | B. Shea | best answer. also: sudo ncdu -rx / should give a clean read on biggest dirs/files ONLY on root area drive. (-r = read-only, -x = stay on same filesystem (meaning: do not traverse other filesystem mounts) ) | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 11:51 | comment | added | Luke Cousins | You quite probably know which filesystem is short of space. In which case you can use ncdu -x to only count files and directories on the same filesystem as the directory being scanned. | |
| Jul 19, 2017 at 22:30 | comment | added | Orion Edwards | sudo apt install ncdu on ubuntu gets it easily. It's great | |
| May 28, 2017 at 9:56 | comment | added | DNT | I was looking for a fast way to find what takes up disk space in an ordered way. This tool does it and it also provides sorting and easy navigation. Thank you for the reference. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 0:06 | comment | added | TimH - Codidact | Install size is 81k... And it's super easy to use! :-) | |
| S Nov 15, 2016 at 10:32 | history | edited | GAD3R | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 16 characters in body |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 10:25 | review | Suggested edits | |||
| S Nov 15, 2016 at 10:32 | |||||
| Jul 5, 2016 at 18:58 | comment | added | jds | Typically, I hate being asked to install something to solve a simple issue, but this is just great. | |
| Oct 28, 2015 at 13:40 | comment | added | Alf47 | when i try to ./configure this, it tells me a required header is missing | |
| Apr 18, 2014 at 18:36 | history | migrated | from stackoverflow.com (revisions) | ||
| Apr 13, 2011 at 10:36 | history | answered | Anthony Cartmell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |