[xubuntu-users] Security update fails in 12.04

[Elfy]

On 09/11/13 01:02, Albert Wagner wrote:
> Updating Xubuntu 12.04.2. with security updates pushed by Ubuntu 
> yielded the error notification below.  I don't have a clue how to fix 
> this: "No space left on device".  I have checked space with GParted, 
> Thunar and Disk Usage Analyzer and I have gBytes of unused space 
> everywhere I can think to look.  The file linux-libc-dev 3.2.0-55.85 
> has a "!" in the S column of Synaptic.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 
> 5%% <more> (Reading database ... 100%% (Reading database ... 590564 
> files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace linux-libc-dev 3.2.0-55.85 (using 
> .../linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-56.86_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement linux-libc-dev ...
> dpkg: error processing 
> /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-56.86_amd64.deb (--unpack):
>  unable to create `/usr/include/linux/const.h.dpkg-new' (while 
> processing `./usr/include/linux/const.h'): No space left on device
> No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
> dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-libc-dev_3.2.0-56.86_amd64.deb
>
>
What do you see for the / line if you run this command in a terminal

df -h

Elfy

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