OK, TIL (Today I Learned):
If "apt install" tells you "after this installation, XX GB additional disk space will be used" – that means that YOU SHOULD LOOK if that's available. Because, APT DOES NOT – it simply … well, stops working when the disk is full 🤦♂️
Have fun then cleaning up. Glad I ran a Timeshift backup immediately before…
(EDIT: it was `apt` in my case, not `apt-get`. But such a thing simply should not happen at all.)
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Samantaz Fox
in reply to IzzyOnDroid ✅ • • •IzzyOnDroid ✅
in reply to Samantaz Fox • • •@SamantazFox So did I, which is why I didn't check. But then, who'd have thought installing a graphics driver would require more than half of the system partition (here: I tried to install ROCm/AMDGPU on a test machine, which required "25 GB (!!) additional disk space)…
Checking disk space must be complicated. Package dependencies are easier… 🙊 💨
nachtpfoetchen2️⃣
in reply to Samantaz Fox • • •.local when and if you have a separate home partition if would have to check all of that.
IzzyOnDroid ✅
in reply to nachtpfoetchen2️⃣ • • •@nachtpfoetchen exactly the point here. But then I'd expect the tool (apt) to consider the worst case: all of those going to the smallest place. If that's not clear at that point, ASK: "your root partition just has BB GB free. You're sure that fits?" That way, one would at least have an indicator.
I mean, the usual places stuff goes to is either below /usr, /var, /boot, or (some cases) /opt (ignoring the few bytes for /etc here). Check where those are, check matched partitions. @SamantazFox
sinandlerd
in reply to IzzyOnDroid ✅ • • •Especially fun when upgrading the system to a new release...
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in reply to Daniel, aka. CactiChameleon9 • • •Emil Jacobs - Collectifission
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