Check disk space by drive
df -hFilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 2.0G 4.0K 2.0G 1% /dev
tmpfs 396M 1.7M 394M 1% /run
/dev/sda5 14G 13G 601M 96% /
/dev/sdb1 5.8G 5.1G 462M 92% /media/disk02Check disk space usage per directory
The best tool to check for disk space usage is ncdu.
sudo apt-get install ncdusudo ncduNOTE: run with sudo to make sure you can access all the files.
Sample output.
1.1 GiB [##########] /vue
1.0 GiB [######### ] /google-cloud-sdk
429.6 MiB [### ] /python
283.7 MiB [## ] /node
220.8 MiB [## ] /google_appengine
203.9 MiB [# ] /php
182.0 MiB [# ] /hugo
138.4 MiB [# ] /webpack
135.6 MiB [# ] /cache
81.0 MiB [ ] /dataRemove old linux kernel images
Each version of linux kernel is about 200-300MB, refer to How To Remove Old Linux Kernel Images.
Inode Problem
It’s possible to bump into Error: no space left on device while there are still plenty of space. One possibility is you run out of inode. Refer to check free inode.