[xubuntu-users] Security update fails in 12.04

[Albert Wagner]

On 11/09/2013 08:07 AM, kelmark 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
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Albert,
>
> I believe this occurs when you have too many old kernel headers that
> have been replaced in synaptic package manager and you have a separate
> boot partition ?
>
> FIRST try to remove unnecessary packages resulting from installing and
> uninstalling software:
> sudo apt-get autoclean
> sudo apt-get clean
> sudo apt-get autoremove
>
>
> AND Lastly go to System/Synaptic Package Manager and search on:
> linux-headers and click on Installed in left pane.
>
> Maybe you have alot of old header versions out there that may be removed?
> I only show three versions and
> My amd64 was updated to version 3.2.0-56.86 the other day.
> from 3.2.0-55.85 and I show a
> 3rd out there as 3.2.0-54.82
>
> I run Ubuntu Tweak http://ubuntu-tweak.com/
> (UbuntuTweak has a nice janitor function that seems to work well for Me)
>
> Don
>
Thank you, Don.   That worked.  I checked on Ubuntu Tweak and it doesn't 
appear to work for 12.04 xfce yet.