Re: dpkg unable to write to /var/lib/dpkg/status, /var partition full

2008-04-20 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 04:53:45PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > There's got to be a way to delete old/un-needed .deb files. Using > apt-get, it's: > # apt-get clean 'clean' will remove all .deb files. I think it's better to use autoclean. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, y

Re: dpkg unable to write to /var/lib/dpkg/status, /var partition full

2008-04-20 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/20/08 16:34, Kyle Barbour wrote: > Hello there, > > I booted up my system this morning and tried to install something with > aptitude, only to get the error message: > > W: Could not lock the cache file. Opening in read-only mode; any > change

Re: dpkg unable to write to /var/lib/dpkg/status, /var partition full

2008-04-20 Thread Jochen Schulz
Kyle Barbour: > > dpkg: failed to write status record about `vlc-nox' to > `/var/lib/dpkg/status': No space left on device Run 'apt-get clean' and see how much free space you get. Apt stores downloaded debs locally and never deletes them until asked to do so. J. -- I have been manipulated and p

Re: dpkg unable to write to /var/lib/dpkg/status, /var partition full

2008-04-20 Thread Peter Tynan
On 20/04/2008, Kyle Barbour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello there, > > I booted up my system this morning and tried to install something with > aptitude, only to get the error message: > > W: Could not lock the cache file. Opening in read-only mode; any > changes you make to the states of p

dpkg unable to write to /var/lib/dpkg/status, /var partition full

2008-04-20 Thread Kyle Barbour
Hello there, I booted up my system this morning and tried to install something with aptitude, only to get the error message: W: Could not lock the cache file. Opening in read-only mode; any changes you make to the states of packages will NOT be preserved! E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manual