I'm not able to upgrade due to full disk problem

Asked by hmsnm

I am not able to upgrade and it keep on saying disk is full .Pls help

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep linux-image

Thanks

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said :
#2

Can you install a program ?

Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and execute the following commands (one by one) .

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

Then open Ubuntu Tweak and at the first tab (opening screen) click on JANITOR.

Remove any unnecessary files - kernels .. to gain space.

You can see the actual free disk (partitions) space with this command in terminal

    df -Th

Regards
 Nikth

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said :
#3

Can you please clarify what the problem is ? It's not clear from your question.

If the problem is you can not upgrade Ubuntu then the output of the commands requested by actionparsnip will help.

Press CTRL+ALT+T to open a terminal. Enter the commands then post all the back here.

If the problem is something else let us know:
a) What you are trying to update
b) How it's going wrong.

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hmsnm (hms-nm) said :
#4

Hello Sir, I am grateful for your response. I did follow your directions and it is showing unable to locate ubuntu-tweak. murray

NikTh <email address hidden> wrote:

>Your question #226549 on nautilus in Ubuntu changed:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/226549
>
> Status: Needs information => Answered
>
>NikTh proposed the following answer:
>Can you install a program ?
>
>Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and execute the following commands (one by
>one) .
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
>
>Then open Ubuntu Tweak and at the first tab (opening screen) click on
>JANITOR.
>
>Remove any unnecessary files - kernels .. to gain space.
>
>You can see the actual free disk (partitions) space with this command in
>terminal
>
> df -Th
>
>Regards
> Nikth
>
>--
>If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
>know that it is solved:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/226549/+confirm?answer_id=1
>
>If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
>following page to enter your feedback:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/226549
>
>You received this question notification because you asked the question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#5

If you can give the output of the commands I gave, I can advise without the need for 3rd party aplications

Thanks

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said :
#6

What version of Ubntu you use ?

ubuntu-tweak supports a variety of Ubuntu Versions BUT ONLY the supported (I mean NOT EOL) versions of Ubuntu.

See here
https://launchpad.net/~tualatrix/+archive/ppa

Have you copied-pasted the commands from here (one by one) or wrote them by hand ?

Regards
 NikTh

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hmsnm (hms-nm) said :
#7

How do I open ubuntu tweak pls

NikTh <email address hidden> wrote:

>Your question #226549 on nautilus in Ubuntu changed:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/226549
>
> Status: Needs information => Answered
>
>NikTh proposed the following answer:
>Can you install a program ?
>
>Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and execute the following commands (one by
>one) .
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
>
>Then open Ubuntu Tweak and at the first tab (opening screen) click on
>JANITOR.
>
>Remove any unnecessary files - kernels .. to gain space.
>
>You can see the actual free disk (partitions) space with this command in
>terminal
>
> df -Th
>
>Regards
> Nikth
>
>--
>If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
>know that it is solved:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/226549/+confirm?answer_id=1
>
>If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
>following page to enter your feedback:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/226549
>
>You received this question notification because you asked the question.

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said :
#8

You can do it from terminal by writing

    ubuntu-tweak

Or click on Dash (Ubuntu Icon first in lert Launcher) and write: ubuntu tweak

If you don't use Unity , you have to search the environment you use. We still don't know what version of Ubuntu you use or/and what desktop environmnet.

Regards
 NikTh

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hmsnm (hms-nm) said :
#9

Thank you. I will try Sir.

NikTh <email address hidden> wrote:

>Your question #226549 on update-manager in Ubuntu changed:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/226549
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
>NikTh proposed the following answer:
>You can do it from terminal by writing
>
> ubuntu-tweak
>
>Or click on Dash (Ubuntu Icon first in lert Launcher) and write: ubuntu
>tweak
>
>If you don't use Unity , you have to search the environment you use. We
>still don't know what version of Ubuntu you use or/and what desktop
>environmnet.
>
>Regards
> NikTh
>
>--
>If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
>know that it is solved:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/226549/+confirm?answer_id=7
>
>If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
>following page to enter your feedback:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/226549
>
>You received this question notification because you asked the question.

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hmsnm (hms-nm) said :
#10

Sir,, I am trying to install 11.4

NikTh <email address hidden> wrote:

>Your question #226549 on update-manager in Ubuntu changed:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/226549
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
>NikTh proposed the following answer:
>You can do it from terminal by writing
>
> ubuntu-tweak
>
>Or click on Dash (Ubuntu Icon first in lert Launcher) and write: ubuntu
>tweak
>
>If you don't use Unity , you have to search the environment you use. We
>still don't know what version of Ubuntu you use or/and what desktop
>environmnet.
>
>Regards
> NikTh
>
>--
>If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
>know that it is solved:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/226549/+confirm?answer_id=7
>
>If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
>following page to enter your feedback:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/226549
>
>You received this question notification because you asked the question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#11

natty is EOL. id just do a clean install of precise

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