Public bug reported: Binary package hint: apt
apt-get install etc. will happily install packages and run root out of space without any error message. In my case, I installed and updated Gutsy on a older system with a 5GB root. I then tested out various apps with it's proprietary video card. I installed a bunch of games including Nexuiz. This left about 350MB free. After getting 0.5fps in Nexuiz, I did a apt-get remove and then apt-get install alien-arena (200MB). No messages from apt-get. The dpkg.log showed that it installed normally. Obviously it didn't - the missing icons proved that and df showed 0 bytes free on root. apt-get clean resulted in 1.2GB free and and an apt-get install --reinstall alien-arena fixed the problem. This is not just a Gutsy issue as I've had similar problems with Edgy and Feisty on small-drive systems. This may be related to Bug #126774 and Bug #90606 ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- free space - the final frontier https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131020 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs