2.5 gb space left??? WHAT

[bmtlol]

When I tried to install the updates for ubuntu linux after installing it not to long ago, it said I need to have 356mb of space or something like that, then I checked my disk usage and it said 92%....

I dont know if I looked at the chart wrong or not but it said 92%, 2.5gb. Im confused >_<, because, when I looked at my disk usage on windows, I have 120gb free space.

[bmtlol]

"The upgrade needs 365M free space on '/'
Please free at least an additional 330M of disk space on '/'
Empty your trash or remove temporary packages of
former installations using "sudo apt-get clean"

Im running Ubuntu Linux on Dual-boot alongside WindowsXP.

[synapsys]

Empty your trash or remove temporary packages of
former installations using "sudo apt-get clean"

also

Uninstall any programs you don't need.
Clear out old video/music files.

[x33a]

post the output of

df -h

and also, use these commands to free up some space

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean

[findit]

mine did the same thing, and it is a partition size thing i am trying to figure out. if you do before me let me know

[findit]

if you post the first code like x33a says you will see what i mean

[samborambo]

You need to give more information about your setup. I assume you are dual booting windows and ubuntu. Does Ubuntu reside on dedicated partitions or did you use the Wubi installer? How much space did you allocate for ubuntu?

If you don't know the specifics, copy and paste the output of the the following commands from an ubuntu terminal:

sudo fdisk -l /dev/sd* /dev/hd*
mount
df -h

If you installed using Wubi, read the Wubi guide https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide THOROUGHLY.

Sam.

[bmtlol]

post the output of

df -h

and also, use these commands to free up some space

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 2.3G 2.2G 472K 100% /
tmpfs 439M 0 439M 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 439M 104K 438M 1% /var/run
varlock 439M 0 439M 0% /var/lock
udev 439M 164K 438M 1% /dev
tmpfs 439M 244K 438M 1% /dev/shm
lrm 439M 2.4M 436M 1% /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile

[synapsys]

root partition needs more space. Resize or re install to a bigger partition.

[x33a]

as synapsys said, you made the root partition too small, and hence, ran out of space.

you should have given at least 5 GB to the root, or if you intend to install a lot of software, then 10GB or more.

now, either resize the partition using gparted (ubuntu live CD), or reinstall ubuntu, this time making sure to allocate more space to root.