Upgrade from Ubuntu Studio 16.04 to 18.10 errored out with “no space left on disk”, and now cannot launch...
This is not a simple disk space problem. I've started an upgrade of Ubuntu Studio 16.04 to 18.10, though ran into "no space left on disk" and it terminated with an error. I no longer can launch Thunar or Nemo to free up space as I get a "symbol lookup error" for each. df shows my drive has 0% available. Is there a way for me to recover from this and restart or resume the upgrade?
upgrade mass-storage
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This is not a simple disk space problem. I've started an upgrade of Ubuntu Studio 16.04 to 18.10, though ran into "no space left on disk" and it terminated with an error. I no longer can launch Thunar or Nemo to free up space as I get a "symbol lookup error" for each. df shows my drive has 0% available. Is there a way for me to recover from this and restart or resume the upgrade?
upgrade mass-storage
asked 9 hours ago
WillWill
46110
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Possible duplicate of No more disk space: How can I find what is taking up the space?
– user535733
9 hours ago
This is not a duplication, as it involves an upgrade operation. Thanks to the link above, I have freed up about 51G of files (using sudo du -aBM -d 1 . | sort -nr | head -20, and then rm'ing large file directories that I already have backed up ) and an unused image using sudo dpkg [image name]. Can I restart the apt dist-upgrade, or do I need to do something else first?
– Will
8 hours ago
Ubuntu does not recommendapt dist-upgrade. That's Debian. Ubuntu usesdo-release-upgrade.
– user535733
8 hours ago
Should I reboot and try do-release-upgrade, or try it from the command line now?
– Will
8 hours ago
Does the file manager work now?
– user535733
8 hours ago
|
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This is not a simple disk space problem. I've started an upgrade of Ubuntu Studio 16.04 to 18.10, though ran into "no space left on disk" and it terminated with an error. I no longer can launch Thunar or Nemo to free up space as I get a "symbol lookup error" for each. df shows my drive has 0% available. Is there a way for me to recover from this and restart or resume the upgrade?
upgrade mass-storage
asked 9 hours ago
WillWill
46110
This is not a simple disk space problem. I've started an upgrade of Ubuntu Studio 16.04 to 18.10, though ran into "no space left on disk" and it terminated with an error. I no longer can launch Thunar or Nemo to free up space as I get a "symbol lookup error" for each. df shows my drive has 0% available. Is there a way for me to recover from this and restart or resume the upgrade?
upgrade mass-storage
upgrade mass-storage
asked 9 hours ago
WillWill
46110
asked 9 hours ago
WillWill
46110
edited 8 hours ago
Will
asked 9 hours ago
WillWill
46110
asked 9 hours ago
WillWill
46110
asked 9 hours ago
WillWill
46110
46110
1
Possible duplicate of No more disk space: How can I find what is taking up the space?
– user535733
9 hours ago
This is not a duplication, as it involves an upgrade operation. Thanks to the link above, I have freed up about 51G of files (using sudo du -aBM -d 1 . | sort -nr | head -20, and then rm'ing large file directories that I already have backed up ) and an unused image using sudo dpkg [image name]. Can I restart the apt dist-upgrade, or do I need to do something else first?
– Will
8 hours ago
Ubuntu does not recommendapt dist-upgrade. That's Debian. Ubuntu usesdo-release-upgrade.
– user535733
8 hours ago
Should I reboot and try do-release-upgrade, or try it from the command line now?
– Will
8 hours ago
Does the file manager work now?
– user535733
8 hours ago
|
show 7 more comments
1
Possible duplicate of No more disk space: How can I find what is taking up the space?
– user535733
9 hours ago
This is not a duplication, as it involves an upgrade operation. Thanks to the link above, I have freed up about 51G of files (using sudo du -aBM -d 1 . | sort -nr | head -20, and then rm'ing large file directories that I already have backed up ) and an unused image using sudo dpkg [image name]. Can I restart the apt dist-upgrade, or do I need to do something else first?
– Will
8 hours ago
Ubuntu does not recommendapt dist-upgrade. That's Debian. Ubuntu usesdo-release-upgrade.
– user535733
8 hours ago
Should I reboot and try do-release-upgrade, or try it from the command line now?
– Will
8 hours ago
Does the file manager work now?
– user535733
8 hours ago
1
1
Possible duplicate of No more disk space: How can I find what is taking up the space?
– user535733
9 hours ago
Possible duplicate of No more disk space: How can I find what is taking up the space?
– user535733
9 hours ago
This is not a duplication, as it involves an upgrade operation. Thanks to the link above, I have freed up about 51G of files (using sudo du -aBM -d 1 . | sort -nr | head -20, and then rm'ing large file directories that I already have backed up ) and an unused image using sudo dpkg [image name]. Can I restart the apt dist-upgrade, or do I need to do something else first?
– Will
8 hours ago
This is not a duplication, as it involves an upgrade operation. Thanks to the link above, I have freed up about 51G of files (using sudo du -aBM -d 1 . | sort -nr | head -20, and then rm'ing large file directories that I already have backed up ) and an unused image using sudo dpkg [image name]. Can I restart the apt dist-upgrade, or do I need to do something else first?
– Will
8 hours ago
Ubuntu does not recommend
apt dist-upgrade. That's Debian. Ubuntu uses do-release-upgrade.– user535733
8 hours ago
Ubuntu does not recommend
apt dist-upgrade. That's Debian. Ubuntu uses do-release-upgrade.– user535733
8 hours ago
Should I reboot and try do-release-upgrade, or try it from the command line now?
– Will
8 hours ago
Should I reboot and try do-release-upgrade, or try it from the command line now?
– Will
8 hours ago
Does the file manager work now?
– user535733
8 hours ago
Does the file manager work now?
– user535733
8 hours ago
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Possible duplicate of No more disk space: How can I find what is taking up the space?
– user535733
9 hours ago
This is not a duplication, as it involves an upgrade operation. Thanks to the link above, I have freed up about 51G of files (using sudo du -aBM -d 1 . | sort -nr | head -20, and then rm'ing large file directories that I already have backed up ) and an unused image using sudo dpkg [image name]. Can I restart the apt dist-upgrade, or do I need to do something else first?
– Will
8 hours ago
Ubuntu does not recommend
apt dist-upgrade. That's Debian. Ubuntu usesdo-release-upgrade.– user535733
8 hours ago
Should I reboot and try do-release-upgrade, or try it from the command line now?
– Will
8 hours ago
Does the file manager work now?
– user535733
8 hours ago