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KeyHoi

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Registered: 2016-12-23

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No space left on /tmp

Hello guys,

while installing multiple modules with pip I always got the error "not enough space left on /tmp". I "monitored" the space left on /tmp with 'df -h' and it was always more than enough space left on /tmp but the error occured anyway.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: No space left on /tmp

Depending on how many files are created you might also be running out of inodes in tmp, check df -i instead.

Fun fact: literally 20mins ago a server at work started to act up due to exactly this issue.

Last edited by V1del (2017-12-06 11:59:29)

drcouzelis

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Registered: 2009-11-09

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Re: No space left on /tmp

What filesystem is "/tmp"? Is it "tmpfs"?

According to the Wikipedia, it might not be able to be more than half the size of the amount of RAM you are using.

What is the output of the "mount" command? And "du -sh"? And "free -m"?