Clearing disk space in linux

[_Gentoo_Nile_]

I need help with Clearing disk space in linux OS of my computer. I have installed way too much application which are rather useless for me. As i'm new i was just experimenting and now i know that my disk space is low... Can any one help? I use to uninstall application from Add/Remove Programs in windows and then i use to do disk cleanup.. any such feature in linux OS? Thanks for any help in advance...

[MrChris-]

Which operating systems do you use? Well that may help. But the most common thing do do it, delete the contents of /etc/sysconfig/cron folder and /var/tmp folder. These files would be safe to delete, var folder may be cleaned regularly, as it fills up quite often...

[_Gentoo_Nile_]

I'm using ubuntu 9.04 in which i have low disk space... Ok, this was to delete the temporary files like %temp% and temp folders in windows [i am assuming]. How about the softwares that reside on my disk and which i no longer need? Any GUI utility to manage those? If there is no GUI tool, do help me with the CLI. I seriously need to free some space... Thanks in advance...

[Rudra.J]

In ubuntu 9.04 you can use the GUI tool known as Synaptic Package Manager [similar to Add/Remove Programs of Windows OS]. Or if you want to use the CLI, you can do that to. Just know the package name along with the version [important] and then from console type :

sudo spt-get remove <package-name-with-version>

Hope this help you...

[FaMe FacToR]

check out this already existing links :
Want to Clean up linux disk space.
How do I delete a file permanently
Free Software to delete files permanently