Upgrading from 17.04 to 17.10

[marco139]

I am trying to update from 17.04 to 17.10, but I get an error. It seems that I do not have enough space. I removed all temporary files (I suppose), but the error is still there.

This is the error that I got:



Not enough free disk space




The upgrade has aborted. The upgrade needs a total of 4.928 M free space on disk '/'. Please free at least an additional 1.080 M of disk space on '/'. Empty your trash and remove temporary packages of former installations using 'sudo apt-get clean'.


Any help?

[DuckHook]

Please post back to this thread the results of:
df -h
dpkg --get-selections | grep linux
dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall
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[marco139]

Thanks! Here are the results:

df -h

df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 3,9G 0 3,9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 788M 9,6M 778M 2% /run
/dev/sda7 15G 11G 3,9G 73% /
tmpfs 3,9G 16M 3,9G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5,0M 4,0K 5,0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 3,9G 0 3,9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda2 96M 29M 68M 30% /boot/efi
/dev/sda8 152G 2,6G 141G 2% /home
tmpfs 788M 132K 788M 1% /run/user/1000




dpkg --get-selections | grep linux

dpkg --get-selections | grep linux
console-setup-linux install
fonts-linuxlibertine install
libselinux1:amd64 install
linux-base install
linux-firmware install
linux-generic install
linux-headers-4.10.0-24 install
linux-headers-4.10.0-24-generic install
linux-headers-4.10.0-38 install
linux-headers-4.10.0-38-generic install
linux-headers-generic install
linux-image-4.10.0-24-generic install
linux-image-4.10.0-38-generic install
linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-47-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-64-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-72-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-77-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.8.0-56-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.10.0-24-generic install
linux-image-extra-4.10.0-38-generic install
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-31-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-47-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-64-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-72-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-77-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-81-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.8.0-56-generic deinstall
linux-image-generic install
linux-libc-dev:amd64 install
linux-signed-generic install
linux-signed-image-4.10.0-24-generic install
linux-signed-image-4.10.0-38-generic install
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-31-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-47-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-64-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-72-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-77-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-78-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-81-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.8.0-56-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-generic install
linux-sound-base install
pptp-linux install
syslinux install
syslinux-common install
syslinux-legacy install
util-linux install





dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall


dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall
app-install-data deinstall
appmenu-qt5 deinstall
auctex deinstall
cgmanager deinstall
dnsmasq-base deinstall
imagemagick-common deinstall
initscripts deinstall
insserv deinstall
libdouble-conversion1v5:amd64 deinstall
libgl2ps0 deinstall
libjson-c2:amd64 deinstall
libopenjpeg5:amd64 deinstall
libperl5.22:amd64 deinstall
libqmi-glib1:amd64 deinstall
libquvi7:amd64 deinstall
libschroedinger-1.0-0:amd64 deinstall
libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:amd64 deinstall
libwebrtc-audio-processing-0:amd64 deinstall
libwildmidi1:amd64 deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-47-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-64-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-72-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-77-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic deinstall
linux-image-4.8.0-56-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-31-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-47-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-64-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-72-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-77-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-81-generic deinstall
linux-image-extra-4.8.0-56-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-31-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-47-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-64-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-72-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-77-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-78-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.4.0-81-generic deinstall
linux-signed-image-4.8.0-56-generic deinstall
mountall deinstall
pm-utils deinstall
python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat deinstall
snap-confine deinstall
sysv-rc deinstall
tex4ht deinstall
tex4ht-common deinstall
texlive-math-extra deinstall
toshset deinstall
ubuntu-push-client deinstall
ubuntuone-client-data deinstall
vlc-nox deinstall

[DuckHook]

You don't have enough free space in your / partition to allow the upgrade. As you can see, you only have 3.9G and you need 4.9G

Truth be told, 16 GB is awfully light for a root partition. Why did you choose this size? Can you expand it, or are you maxed out? What are sda3 to sda6 used for? I've made 16 GB work in VMs, but it doesn't allow a lot of apps to be added.

You have some old kernel packages and headers taking up space in your HDD. You could purge them, but I'm not sure that would free up enough space for your upgrade. Even though kernels are big files, the math doesn't quite add up to what you need. It's also a very delicate exercise. You must be careful to remove only the packages flagged with "deinstall". Removing anything else might wreck your system.

So, here's what I recommend:

You have an undersized root partition that will likely run out of space in the future, even if you solve your immediate need. Why not take this opportunity to rethink your partition scheme and give root more room? You have /home on a separate partition anyway, so it may be possible to preserve your data, though I would not do anything with partitioning until I had two separate and verified backups. A pristine install into a bigger root partition would also not inherit the old kernel packages, but it would require you to reinstall all of the apps you currently use.

[Impavidus]

Purging packages that are already uninstalled (like those older kernel packages) will free only a tiny bit of space. You could uninstall and purge kernels and headers 4.10.0-24, but that won't be enough to complete this upgrade.

Seeing that you only use 2.6 GB of your 152 GB /home partition, it may be a good idea to shrink your /home partition a bit and add the space to your root partition. Make the root partition about 25 GB. The way to go:
* Make backups of the stuff in your /home partition and of anything you wish to keep in your root partition.
* Boot your life disk of Ubuntu 17.10.
* Shrink your /home partition.
* Delete your root partition.
* Create a new root partition of about 25 GB.
* Make a fresh install of Ubuntu 17.10.

[marco139]

Thank you DuckHook and Impavidus.

Sda3 and Sda6 are used for Windows :(. I am pretty sure that the space allocation was done automatically when I installed Ubuntu.

The problem is that I had a lot of trouble installing Ubuntu on this machine (it is an HP laptop and I always need to push F9, which changes the boot order, to enter the grub. Otherwise, it goes automatically to Windows.) Moreover, usually when Windows updates, it creates a small partition which is not easy to eliminate. So I will do the following: I wait until I receive the last Windows version (Redstone 3). Then I do a fresh installation of Windows by formatting all partitions. And then I install Ubuntu 17.10. This will probably happen in December. Until then, I stay with my 17.04.

Thanks again!

[Impavidus]

Ubuntu 17.04 will be supported until (the end of?) January, so that's fine.