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| **Issue:** When trying to install a package, you get the error message '' | **Issue:** When trying to install a package, you get the error message '' | ||
| - | **Root cause:** Too little space available on your device' | + | **Root cause:** Too little space available on your device' |
| ===== 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 | ||
| + | * You can remove such packages via '' | ||
| + | * If there is package debris left over from a partial installation, | ||
| + | * 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# | + | 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 |
| + | * via Attended Sysupgrade in LuCI (if you have '' | ||
| * via [[docs: | * via [[docs: | ||
| - | * via [[docs: | + | * via [[docs: |
| ===== 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, | * If you need even more space for package installation, | ||
| * If you just want simple USB storage for e.g. pictures, video, music, see [[docs: | * If you just want simple USB storage for e.g. pictures, video, music, see [[docs: | ||
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