apt is using two locations to store downloaded packages and other files:/var/lib/apt/lists/var/cache/apt/archivesThese folders can get quite big, even when using apt-get clean regularly.My /var is on a separate partition and is relatively small. Is it possible to configure apt, so that is stores its files somewhere ales (i.e. in /home/apt/?
change location of the lists and archives folders
apt
You have a few options.Change the settings in /etc/apt/apt.confdir::state::lists    /path/to/new/directory;dir::cache::archives /path/to/new/directory;Mount a larger partitions at the current directories (if you have spare space for a partition): # mount /dev/sda5 /var/lib/apt # mount /dev/sda6 /var/cache/aptOf course, for the above to work, you'll need to create partitions and filesystems first.Symlink to another location (if you have no space for new partitions, but space within current partitions):# ln -s /home/apt/lib /var/apt/lib# ln -s /home/apt/cache /var/apt/cacheOr as above, but using bind mounts:# mount --bind /home/apt/lib /var/apt/lib# mount --bind /home/apt/cache /var/apt/cache