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james@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 3.2.0-54-generic #82-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 10 20:09:12 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
james@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
The software updater attempted to install some linux headers, but failed due to unmet dependencies. To fix the problem I tried apt-get as follows:
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james@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
[sudo] password for james:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
linux-headers-3.2.0-54 linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic-pae
The following NEW packages will be installed
linux-headers-3.2.0-54 linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic-pae
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/12.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 67.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 1027830 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-headers-3.2.0-54 (from .../linux-headers-3.2.0-54_3.2.0-54.82_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-54_3.2.0-54.82_all.deb (--unpack):
error creating directory `./usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-54/Documentation': No space left on device
No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Unpacking linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic-pae (from .../linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic-pae_3.2.0-54.82_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic-pae_3.2.0-54.82_i386.deb (--unpack):
error creating directory `./usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic-pae/include/config/ecrypt': No space left on device
No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-54_3.2.0-54.82_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic-pae_3.2.0-54.82_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
and this too failed. It is really strange that apt-get reports "No space left on device" when we have a free space of 130GB available. It is not now possible to use apt-get for any purpose, as it will immediately find the unmet dependencies and stops. The software updater also has shut down for the same reason. There are two questions:
- Is the problem caused by some corruption of my software/data in my computer, or is it some problem with the latest system updates?
- How can I climb out of this cul-de-sac?
Many thanks
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