Re: apt-get install hangs while unpacking

["David" <debian-user@startupanywhere.org>]

The root (var) partition has lots of space (only 4% used).  I think there
is a problem with unpacking.  Is there a package besides dpkg involved in
unpacking?

David

s. keeling said:
> Incoming from David Hattery:
>>
>> About 90 percent of the time apt-get install hangs while unpacking.
>> This
>> requires a ctl_c to stop, and a dpkg --configure -a before retrying.
>>
>> There are 4 related processes so I am wondering if my setup is starting
>> too many.  Example from on a reinstall after an aborted try (ps ax):
>>
>>  4839 pts/0    S      0:00 apt-get --reinstall install gimp1.2
>>  4849 pts/0    S      0:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --unpack
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/gimp1.2_1.2.3-2_i386.deb
>>  4856 pts/0    S      0:00 dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/gimp1.2_1.2.3-2_i386.deb
>>  4857 pts/0    S      0:00 dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/gimp1.2_1.2.3-2_i386.deb
>>  4858 pts/0    S      0:00 dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/gimp1.2_1.2.3-2_i386.deb
>
> Are you running out of space in /var?
>
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