Update Errors Due to Disk Space on / Filesystem on Mageia 5

[linuxbrad]

Hello,

I was attempting to complete an update on my Mageia 5 today and got the following error:

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1 installation transactions failed

There was a problem during the installation:

installing package thunderbird-0:52.3.0-1.mga5.x86_64 needs 6MB on the / filesystem

I've run into this issue before (https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10918) and I really think my / partition is too small.

However, at that time, the helpful people on the forum asked me to post the output of the following:

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    du -mx /|sort -rn | head -25

The results are as follows:

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[root@localhost /]# du -mx / | sort -rn | head -25
11150   /
9500    /usr
4134    /usr/share
2828    /usr/lib64
1914    /usr/lib
1488    /usr/share/texmf-dist
1200    /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts
963     /usr/lib/modules
818     /var
495     /usr/bin
409     /usr/lib64/libreoffice
403     /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/type1
396     /opt
392     /usr/share/doc
341     /boot
316     /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public
275     /usr/lib64/python2.7
268     /var/lib
264     /usr/share/games
243     /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages
228     /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/vf
220     /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program
219     /var/cache
218     /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex
215     /opt/google


Let me know what my options are. I'm starting to think I need to do a clean install (with Mageia 6) but then I'd need advice on backing up my system in order to avoid hours of addition set-up to get all my applications back (backing up /home is obvious but what should I back up from /?)

Thanks,

Brad

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[isadora]

I would be more interested into the output of

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df

[linuxbrad]

Hello,

I've done a bit of digging and resolved the issue, at least in part. After a bit of hunting around on Google I landed on this article: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-redhat-linux-delete-kernel-command/. Specifically, it recommended cleaning up old kernel files. I ran the following command:

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[root@localhost /]# rpm -qa | grep kernel

and got the following output:

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[root@localhost /]# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-desktop-4.4.13-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.1.15-2.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.36-2.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.68-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.22-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.74-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-firmware-20160409-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.26-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.55-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.79-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.59-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.39-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.50-2.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-userspace-headers-4.4.82-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.32-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.82-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.30-2.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.16-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.65-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-latest-4.4.82-1.mga5


By running:

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rpm -e kernel-desk...

for each of the old kernels (and being relatively cautious and leaving a few...), I was left with this:

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[root@localhost /]# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-firmware-20160409-1.mga5
kernel-userspace-headers-4.4.82-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-4.4.82-1.mga5-1-1.mga5
kernel-desktop-latest-4.4.82-1.mga5


Then, I reran the command:

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[bradfonseca@localhost ~]$ sudo du -mx / | sort -rn | head -25
[sudo] password for bradfonseca:
9976    /
8594    /usr
4134    /usr/share
2828    /usr/lib64
1488    /usr/share/texmf-dist
1200    /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts
1009    /usr/lib
818     /var
495     /usr/bin
409     /usr/lib64/libreoffice
403     /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/type1
396     /opt
392     /usr/share/doc
316     /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public
275     /usr/lib64/python2.7
268     /var/lib
264     /usr/share/games
243     /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages
228     /usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/vf
220     /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program
219     /var/cache
218     /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex
215     /opt/google
212     /usr/share/atom
209     /usr/share/foomatic/db/source


which is quite a bit smaller. From there I was able to successfully run the updates. Yay me!

It looks like I have things somewhat under control now:

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[bradfonseca@localhost ~]$ df -H /
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1        13G   11G  1.5G  89% /


However, the having a 13 GB partition for / on a 1 TB drive seems a bit small. I wish there was a way to easily increase the size of it, short of doing a completely new install (which I'm tempted to do to get Mageia 6).

I may post another thread to ask about what backups to do in order to restore easily from a fresh install.

Thanks,

Brad

[linuxbrad]

I would be more interested into the output of

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df

Okay, this is what I got:

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bradfonseca@localhost ~]$ df
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs        3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs           3.9G  194M  3.7G   5% /dev/shm
tmpfs           3.9G  900K  3.9G   1% /run
/dev/sda1        12G  9.8G  1.4G  89% /
tmpfs           3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs           3.9G  480K  3.9G   1% /tmp
/dev/sda6       902G  130G  772G  15% /home
tmpfs           790M   16K  790M   1% /run/user/500


Thanks,

Brad

[doktor5000]

You should be able to clean up a bit more by removing texlive or whatever package contains /usr/share/texmf-dist if you don't need that or any package that you are using needs it (you can find out which package own this via rpm -qf /usr/share/texmf-dist* )

[linuxbrad]

You should be able to clean up a bit more by removing texlive or whatever package contains /usr/share/texmf-dist if you don't need that or any package that you are using needs it (you can find out which package own this via rpm -qf /usr/share/texmf-dist* )

I ran that command and got:

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[bradfonseca@localhost ~]$ sudo rpm -qf /usr/share/texmf-dist*
[sudo] password for bradfonseca:
texlive-collection-basic-20130530-10.mga5

If I recall correctly, I'm using this with my emacs/org-mode set up to print things to PDF with certain formatting so I need to keep that set of files around.

Thanks,

Brad

[doktor5000]

Then you might take a look at the list of biggest packages to see whether you really need them.

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rpm -qa --queryformat '%{size} %{name}\n' | sort -rn | head -50

will show you the biggest 50 packages.

In general, the easiest way to repartition is probably to reinstall, keeping your /home. You should go for a / partition of 50GB, if you are really limited on diskspace got for 20GB at the very least.
You could also repartition by resizing your existing partitions via a live cd such as gparted, but that may be more risky if you haven't done that before.