I tried installing build-essential and I keep getting this error:
(Reading database ... 375528 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-3.2.0-51-generic (from .../linux-image-3.2.0-51-generic_3.2.0-51.77_amd64.deb) ...
Done.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.2.0-51-generic_3.2.0-51.77_amd64.deb (--unpack):
failed in write on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-51-generic': No space left on device
No apport report written because the error message indicates a disk full error
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-51-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-51-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-51-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-51-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.2.0-51-generic_3.2.0-51.77_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Even if I try to install anything else I still get the same error, tried searching for someone with the same problem, found some but it didn't help me fix my problem.
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/mc-root 13G 4.7G 7.3G 39% /
udev 2.0G 4.0K 2.0G 1% /dev
tmpfs 791M 256K 791M 1% /run
none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
none 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /run/shm
/dev/sda1 228M 228M 0 100% /boot
/bootis full, see this answer for a solution. – guntbert Aug 19 '13 at 19:26