I've cleaned the package cache:
sudo apt-get clean
and recovered ~400MB "disk" space.
debian@BBB:/$ sudo apt install firmware-ti-connectivity
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
chromium-browser : Depends: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (=
53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307~bpo80+20161016+1) but
59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1289rcnee0~jessie+20170705 is to be installed
or
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg (=
53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307~bpo80+20161016+1) but it is not going to be
installed
chromium-browser-l10n : Depends: chromium-browser (>=
59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1289rcnee0~jessie+20170705) but
53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307~bpo80+20161016+1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
specify a solution).
and of course then this fails without firmware-ti-connectivity installed...
debian@BBB:/$ apt install --only-upgrade --dry-run bb-wl18xx-firmware
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
bb-wl18xx-firmware : Depends: firmware-ti-connectivity but it is not going
to be installed
chromium-browser : Depends: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (=
53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307~bpo80+20161016+1) but
59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1289rcnee0~jessie+20170705 is to be installed
or
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg (=
53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307~bpo80+20161016+1) but it is not going to be
installed
chromium-browser-l10n : Depends: chromium-browser (>=
59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1289rcnee0~jessie+20170705) but
53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu1.1307~bpo80+20161016+1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
specify a solution).
I don't see how chromium (et cetera) is related. Is this a side-effect from
my mistake in the previous (huge, aborted) upgrade run?
Suggestions on how to *just* upgrade what I need for improved wireless
connectivity (this OP)?
On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 3:51:13 PM UTC-7, ags wrote:
>
> More specifics: I see lots of stuff (~450MiB) in /var/cache/apt/archives.
> Only two are dated today. One is bb-wl18xx-firmware...
>
> Do I "sudo apt-get clean", or delete everything manually from the
> apt/archive (except bb-wl18xx-firmware...) or something else?
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 3:42:01 PM UTC-7, ags wrote:
>>
>> This is turning into an "apt" tutorial - but searches haven't helped me
>> find what I'm looking for.
>>
>> I have killed the upgrade mis-stream. I think it successfully downloaded
>> all the upgradable packages, and ran out of "disk" space while unpacking
>> it. I don't know if anything was actually installed.
>>
>> I still have 0% free on /dev/mmcblkXX
>>
>> Is there a way to determine if any package was actually upgraded?
>>
>> Where are the downloaded packages? Can I just delete them presuming they
>> were the unintended upgrades, and start again with the correct apt command
>> as you provided in a later post
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 2:44:06 PM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 4:34 PM, ags <alfred.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Sorry if this is obvious. The current situation is that I have no
>>> "disk"
>>> > space left and the upgrade is paused (^Z) after fetching 464 MB. I
>>> have
>>> > minimal user-installed "stuff" on the system so it appears to have
>>> been
>>> > filled up with this upgrade attempt.
>>> >
>>> > I thought I would be installing the "firmware-ti-connectivity" package
>>> (for
>>> > the first time) and upgrading the "bb-wl18xx-firmware" package to a
>>> newer
>>> > version. The former seemed OK, but the latter (apparently) pulled in
>>> another
>>> > 200+ packages. Did I do that incorrectly?
>>>
>>> Yeah i messed that up, it's "install --only-upgrade"
>>>
>>> sudo apt install --only-upgrade bb-wl18xx-firmware
>>> firmware-ti-connectivity
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Am I to "apt remove <pkg> --purge" each of the 200+ packages that were
>>> > (apparently) pulled in?
>>>
>>> no, many are just updates to pkgs you already have installed..
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Still, how do I perform the upgrade to get the possible fix for my
>>> > connectivity problem within available disk space? (is it impossible?)
>>>
>>> i'd kill the upgrade process and do the above
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Robert Nelson
>>> https://rcn-ee.com/
>>>
>>
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