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Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle?

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On Sun 01 Jul 2018 at 13:17:47 (-0700), Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> I've been banging my head against the wall trying to compile OpenSSL
> clients on my Jessie laptop (see my recent posting titled "Can't
> link to OpenSSL on my laptop).  I've decided to upgrade it to
> Stretch like my desktop machine, which compiles these programs
> successfully.  However, "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" shows the
> message:
> 
> E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/.
> 
> apt-get autoclean doesn't help; neither does apt-get clean.  When I
> tried apt-get autoremove, the upgrade started, but at 99% completion
> it threw the message:
> 
> Error writing to output file - write (28: No space left on device)
> 
> Sure enough, / is full, with all the fun that that entails.

It's worth knowing where the problem lies. I would type

du -sh /[a-ln-z]*/ 2>/dev/null

(I dodge m because /media has loads mounted under it; null
avoids permissions clutter if you do this as a user.)

Then you can refine it depending what you find:

du -sh /var/*/ 2>/dev/null

> Is Jessie's default partitioning insufficient for Stretch, or have I
> somehow filled up / with extraneous junk?  Would I be better off
> backing up /home, wiping the disk (e.g. with cfdisk) and starting
> from scratch?  (Probably - I should probably split /var into a
> separate partition anyway.)

A separate /home is more useful as it allows a fresh installation
of the / partition that doesn't touch it.

> After this experience, I'm gun-shy about upgrading a system in place.

Why? If you find the cause, you can fix it. Upgrades are careful
about preserving the system's integrity to run.

> BTW is it ok to sudo apt-get, or should I su root and run it from an
> actual root prompt?

Cheers,
David.

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Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2018-07-01 22:20 +0200
  Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-07-01 23:50 +0200
    Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2018-07-02 00:20 +0200
  Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-07-02 00:00 +0200
  Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-02 00:50 +0200
    Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-07-02 01:10 +0200
      Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-02 03:00 +0200
    Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-07-02 11:20 +0200
      Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-02 12:10 +0200
        Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-07-02 13:00 +0200
      Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-02 20:40 +0200
  Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-07-02 04:50 +0200
  Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-02 10:00 +0200
    Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2018-07-03 10:00 +0200
  Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-07-02 19:20 +0200

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