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ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 28] No space left on device

ID: python/pip-install-error-errno-28-no-space-left-on-device

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80%Fix Rate
85%Confidence
0Evidence
2024-03-15First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.x active — — —

Root Cause

The pip installation fails because the disk partition where pip's cache or site-packages resides has run out of free space. This commonly happens when /tmp or the root filesystem is full.

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中文

pip 安装失败，因为 pip 缓存或 site-packages 所在磁盘分区空间已满。常见于 /tmp 或根文件系统已满的情况。

Workarounds

  1. 95% success 
    pip cache purge && sudo apt-get clean && rm -rf /tmp/*
  2. 85% success 
    pip install --target=/mnt/bigdisk/python-packages package_name
  3. 80% success 
    export TMPDIR=/mnt/bigdisk/tmp && pip install package_name

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 70% fail

    Disabling cache does not free existing filesystem space and may still require temporary space for wheel building.

  2. 90% fail

    Timeout is unrelated to disk space; the error persists.

  3. 80% fail

    Elevated privileges do not create disk space and may write to a different partition but still fail.