GSD4ME
September 15th, 2013, 09:57 AM
Can someone please help me?
I have run into some sort of non-minortrouble with my Ubuntu installation
The update manager informed me a fewweeks' ago that I had updates to do, so I started them off.
All completed but one did not – Ithought nothing of it but over the next few days the update managerkept telling me that this update was required to be done– so I haveseveral times attempted to install it, all to no avail: it keptfailing to install for some reason, which again was not reallyworrying me.
After a while, I found some time toinvestigate and am now confused and worried.
After investigations, it turns out thatthis package cannot be installed because the “disk is full” -several people have noted this 'error' on the forum and theexplanation was that it wasn't the actual device that was full butthe nodes concerning files. The advise was to delete some files andsee if this improved things. Also recommended was un-installation ofsome packages via differing routes, using terminal interfaces and/orsome packages designed to help out with installation problems.
However, this is where things getmessy.
I have tried to remove the variouspackages via different methods, as per explanations on the forum andon some web pages, but the removal of some packages fails because itcannot create a temporary file due to – yes, you guessed – lackof disk space.
I have tried to create space by erasingsome files and completely clearing my browser history but this is notmaking any difference. Part of the trouble is that I am unsure aboutLinux – I am a relative newbie of Ubuntu (from Windows) and amdesperately trying not to lose all of my files and data!
The 'disk' that is failing is apartition of file type ext4 that I created on my dual-boot machine tohold the Linux system – it is 5GB in size, which I was assuredwould be ample for an installation.
I have also played around at looking atthe disk area that I THINK is relevant to my machine:
>File System>usr>src
where there are many folders of theform
linux-headers-3.2.0-yy
linux-headers-3.2.0-yy-generic
linux-headers-3.2.0-yy-generic-pae
where “yy” goes from 29 to 45 on mymachine. In this src folder there are 613,150 files taking up 1.6Gbof space.
Q: Are these files needed? What arethey? If they are not required, how do I get rid of them –remembering that I cannot do anything due to 'lack of space' on thedisk? Can I simply delete them? I am of the opinion that they existso that people can adapt their own system to be what they want – ineffect, the open source feature of Linux.
Failing this route, can anyone help mehere as I am becoming a bit paranoid about my system? I do not wantto foul up my machine to the point where I lose a life-time of data(suicide anyone?) and I want to be able to install a couple ofpackages that I require – including GPARTED so that I don't have toworry about a lot of this stuff again!
I am unable to install or remove anypackages nor clean up my system at all/easily – any help would bemost appreciated.
I have run into some sort of non-minortrouble with my Ubuntu installation
The update manager informed me a fewweeks' ago that I had updates to do, so I started them off.
All completed but one did not – Ithought nothing of it but over the next few days the update managerkept telling me that this update was required to be done– so I haveseveral times attempted to install it, all to no avail: it keptfailing to install for some reason, which again was not reallyworrying me.
After a while, I found some time toinvestigate and am now confused and worried.
After investigations, it turns out thatthis package cannot be installed because the “disk is full” -several people have noted this 'error' on the forum and theexplanation was that it wasn't the actual device that was full butthe nodes concerning files. The advise was to delete some files andsee if this improved things. Also recommended was un-installation ofsome packages via differing routes, using terminal interfaces and/orsome packages designed to help out with installation problems.
However, this is where things getmessy.
I have tried to remove the variouspackages via different methods, as per explanations on the forum andon some web pages, but the removal of some packages fails because itcannot create a temporary file due to – yes, you guessed – lackof disk space.
I have tried to create space by erasingsome files and completely clearing my browser history but this is notmaking any difference. Part of the trouble is that I am unsure aboutLinux – I am a relative newbie of Ubuntu (from Windows) and amdesperately trying not to lose all of my files and data!
The 'disk' that is failing is apartition of file type ext4 that I created on my dual-boot machine tohold the Linux system – it is 5GB in size, which I was assuredwould be ample for an installation.
I have also played around at looking atthe disk area that I THINK is relevant to my machine:
>File System>usr>src
where there are many folders of theform
linux-headers-3.2.0-yy
linux-headers-3.2.0-yy-generic
linux-headers-3.2.0-yy-generic-pae
where “yy” goes from 29 to 45 on mymachine. In this src folder there are 613,150 files taking up 1.6Gbof space.
Q: Are these files needed? What arethey? If they are not required, how do I get rid of them –remembering that I cannot do anything due to 'lack of space' on thedisk? Can I simply delete them? I am of the opinion that they existso that people can adapt their own system to be what they want – ineffect, the open source feature of Linux.
Failing this route, can anyone help mehere as I am becoming a bit paranoid about my system? I do not wantto foul up my machine to the point where I lose a life-time of data(suicide anyone?) and I want to be able to install a couple ofpackages that I require – including GPARTED so that I don't have toworry about a lot of this stuff again!
I am unable to install or remove anypackages nor clean up my system at all/easily – any help would bemost appreciated.