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playground:faq:no_space_left_on_device [2018/07/07 17:31] – Created via CLI tmomasfaq:no_space_left_on_device [2023/02/25 12:26] (current) – Link to docs:guide-user:additional-software:opkg#out_of_space moved up into right context; cleanup tmomas
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 **Issue:** When trying to install a package, you get the error message ''No space left on device'' **Issue:** When trying to install a package, you get the error message ''No space left on device''
  
-**Root cause:** Too little space available on your device's flash. ([[supported_devices:432_warning|happens easily on devices with only 4MB flash]])+**Root cause:** Too little space available on your device's flash. (happens easily on devices with only [[supported_devices:432_warning|4MB flash]] or [[supported_devices:864_warning|8MB flash]])
  
  
 ===== How do I free up some space? ===== ===== How do I free up some space? =====
-By removing packages you installed //after// flashing OpenWrt onto your Router. You cannot remove packages on the SquashFS partition, which is included in the image you flashed.+ 
 +By removing packages you installed //after// flashing OpenWrt onto your Router (e.g. packages installed via ''opkg install'' or the Software page in LuCI). 
 +  * You can remove such packages via ''opkg remove'' or via the Software page in LuCI. 
 +    * If there is package debris left over from a partial installation, still occupying valuable space, and which can not easily be removed by hand and ''opkg remove'', try [[docs:guide-user:additional-software:opkg#out_of_space|removing the package debris via script]]. 
 +  * You cannot remove packages on the SquashFS partition, which is included in the image you flashed.
  
 ===== Still not enough free space ===== ===== Still not enough free space =====
-This happens easily with recent firmware on 4MB Flash devices.\\ 
-You can press-fit an OpenWrt image into this small flash by building your own image, with only the packages you need, tailored for your usecase. 
  
-You can build your own image and [[faq:before_installation#which_packages_can_i_safely_remove_to_save_space|remove packages that are not needed for your usecase]]+This happens easily with recent firmware on 4MB/8MB Flash devices. To address this, you can press-fit an OpenWrt image into this small flash by building your own image tailored to your requirements, [[faq:which_packages_can_i_safely_remove_to_save_space|with only the packages you need]]:
  
 +  * via Attended Sysupgrade in LuCI (if you have ''luci-app-attendedsysupgrade'' installed), by selecting from the version menu the same version that is currently installed (marked with ''[installed]'')
   * via [[docs:guide-user:additional-software:imagebuilder|Image Builder]]   * via [[docs:guide-user:additional-software:imagebuilder|Image Builder]]
-  * via [[docs:guide-developer:quickstart-build-images|custom build]]+  * via [[docs:guide-developer:toolchain:beginners-build-guide|custom build]]
  
 ===== I need many MB (GB) free space ===== ===== I need many MB (GB) free space =====
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   * If you need even more space for package installation, you probably want [[docs:guide-user:additional-software:extroot_configuration|Extroot]].   * If you need even more space for package installation, you probably want [[docs:guide-user:additional-software:extroot_configuration|Extroot]].
   * If you just want simple USB storage for e.g. pictures, video, music, see [[docs:guide-user:storage:usb-drives|Using storage devices]].   * If you just want simple USB storage for e.g. pictures, video, music, see [[docs:guide-user:storage:usb-drives|Using storage devices]].
  
  
-See also [[docs:guide-user:additional-software:opkg#out_of_space|OPKG troubleshooting: Out of space]] +{{tag>faq after_installation free_space low_flash opkg LuCI install_packages install packages error}}
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-{{tag>faq after_installation free_space opkg LuCI install_packages install packages}}+
  
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