[ubuntu-uk] "Space" error

[Sean Miller]

Alan Pope wrote:
> I suspect that the problem is mostly likely that it wants 200 odd Meg *more* 
> than you currently have, not 200M. 200M for an upgrade from release to 
> release is an unrealistically small number. It's more likely to be much 
> higher than that. The number gets higher the more software packages you have 
> installed that need upgrading.
>   
No, when I first tried it I had 1GB free... I now have 1.5GB (having 
cleaned out some stuff) but the message was the same... 200M or so 
abouts...
> Have you cleaned out your apt cache recently?
>
> On the command line type this:-
>
> df -h   # see how much free space there is
> du -hs /var/cache/apt    # see how much used by the apt cache
> sudo apt-get clean      # clear the apt cache
> df -h                  # see how much free space there is now
>
> Does the amount of space change?
>   
seanmiller at seanmiller-laptop:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 11G 8.4G 1.5G 86% /
varrun 188M 120K 188M 1% /var/run
varlock 188M 4.0K 188M 1% /var/lock
procbususb 10M 120K 9.9M 2% /proc/bus/usb
udev 10M 120K 9.9M 2% /dev
devshm 188M 0 188M 0% /dev/shm
lrm 188M 18M 171M 10% /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/volatile
/dev/hda1 27G 20G 6.5G 76% /media/hda1

seanmiller at seanmiller-laptop:~$ du -hs /var/cache/apt
20M /var/cache/apt

seanmiller at seanmiller-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get clean
Password:

seanmiller at seanmiller-laptop:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 11G 8.4G 1.5G 86% /
varrun 188M 120K 188M 1% /var/run
varlock 188M 4.0K 188M 1% /var/lock
procbususb 10M 120K 9.9M 2% /proc/bus/usb
udev 10M 120K 9.9M 2% /dev
devshm 188M 0 188M 0% /dev/shm
lrm 188M 18M 171M 10% /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/volatile
/dev/hda1 27G 20G 6.5G 76% /media/hda1
seanmiller at seanmiller-laptop:~$

In short, no!

Sean