Installing or updating package gives error: "installing package PKG needs SPACE on the FILESYSTEM filesystem"
Issue
- When install open office writer, getting an error reported telling the updates could not take place. Transaction Check Error: installing package needs [space] on the /usr filesystem.
- When install kernel-debug package with rpm command, rpm complains that "installing package kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 needs XXXMB on the /usr filesystem".
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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