Failed to write (No space left on device) [duplicate]
I am working on an Ubuntu virtualbox and trying to install curl using sudo apt-get install curl -y.
I got a response saying there were unmet dependencies and saying You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
So, I execute apt-get -f install and encounter a new problem:
After this operation, 43.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 273817 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-3.13.0-91-generic_3.13.0-91.138_amd64.deb ...
Done.
Unpacking linux-image-3.13.0-91-generic (3.13.0-91.138) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.13.0-91-generic_3.13.0-91.138_amd64.deb (--unpack):
cannot copy extracted data for './boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-91-generic' to '/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-91-generic.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device)
No apport report written because the error message indicates a disk full error
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-91-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-91-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-91-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-91-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.13.0-91-generic_3.13.0-91.138_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Basically, it's complaining there is no space left on device. df -h confirms:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/ITS--vg-root 38G 18G 18G 51% /
none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev 988M 12K 988M 1% /dev
tmpfs 201M 540K 200M 1% /run
none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
none 1001M 4.0K 1001M 1% /run/shm
none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user
/dev/sda1 236M 226M 0 100% /boot
So if I'm reading this correctly, apt-get -f install is trying to write 43.0 MB worth of content into available space of 18G.
Why is it complaining there is inadequate space?
Your problem isn't the 18GB free on /
The problem is:
/dev/sda1 236M 226M 0 100% /boot
The package installer is working on /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-91-generic and there is no space available.
You need to increase the size of this partition.
As Anwar stated in comment a minute ago see: askubuntu.how-do-i-increase-the-size-of-boot
Originally I said to see the Q&A: askubuntu.com ..how-to-increase-size-of-boot-partition-using-gparted which is also helpful.