Howto: Increase apt-get’s cache limit

Oct29
2008 4 Comments

Written by gkoo

Dynamic MMap ran out of room

getting the above error means that your apt cache is out of space. This is solved simply by editing

/etc/apt/apt.conf or /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf and adding the following line :

APT::Cache-Limit “10000000″; ( this is equal to 10m, set it to whatever you want or need )

That’s it but remember that by increasing the cache you might end up with a full drive so run:

apt-get clean

once in a while.

Posted in linux administration - Tagged apt-get, cache limit

nunes

August 25, 2010 at 6:53 pm | Permalink

tank you
it-s works-
dogafin

March 26, 2011 at 4:15 am | Permalink

i did this, and it doesnt seem to work.
arthur Meneau

August 2, 2011 at 6:27 pm | Permalink

I tried this and it worked, albeit with a small change:
APT::Cache-Limit “10000000″;

should be

"APT::Cache-Limit 10000000;

without the quotation marks, otherwise apt doesn’t didn’t seem to register the change in my case.

best of luck to anyone who runs into this issue
paulson

October 14, 2011 at 12:01 am | Permalink

I used APT::Cache-Limit “50000000″ (to increase from 25000000) in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf when trying to get this to work in KNOPPIX 6.2
Worked like a charm. Thanks GKOO!!