Cant install updates, reports drive full

Open a terminal window and issue the following diagnostic commands:

uname -a
lsb_release -crid
df -h
ls -l /boot

then press the right mouse button for a pop-up window that allows selecting any copying all output and finally paste everything into this question document.

simon@simonrtv:~$ ls -l /boot
total 138736
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 237940 Jan 14 04:00 config-5.4.0-97-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 237940 Feb 3 02:21 config-5.4.0-99-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 efi
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 11 14:18 grub
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Feb 8 15:46 initrd.img -> initrd.img-5.4.0-99-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52078049 Feb 16 10:17 initrd.img-5.4.0-97-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52078017 Feb 16 10:17 initrd.img-5.4.0-99-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Feb 8 15:46 initrd.img.old -> initrd.img-5.4.0-97-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182704 Aug 18 2020 memtest86+.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184380 Aug 18 2020 memtest86+.elf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184884 Aug 18 2020 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
-rw------- 1 root root 4757200 Jan 14 04:00 System.map-5.4.0-97-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 4757200 Feb 3 02:21 System.map-5.4.0-99-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Feb 8 15:46 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-5.4.0-99-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 13660416 Jan 14 04:04 vmlinuz-5.4.0-97-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 13660416 Feb 3 02:23 vmlinuz-5.4.0-99-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Feb 8 15:46 vmlinuz.old -> vmlinuz-5.4.0-97-generic
simon@simonrtv:~$

We also need the output of the other commands.

Other commands????

see comment #1 in https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/700662

uname -a
lsb_release -crid
df -h

simon@simonrtv:~$ uname -a
Linux simonrtv 5.4.0-99-generic #112-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 3 13:50:55 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
simon@simonrtv:~$ lsb_release -crid
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
simon@simonrtv:~$ df -h

Sorry for nagging, but the output of

df -h

is still missing.

simon@simonrtv:~$ uname -a df -h
uname: invalid option -- 'h'
Try 'uname --help' for more information.
simon@simonrtv:~$
simon@simonrtv:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 3.8G 0 3.8G 0% /dev
tmpfs 784M 2.0M 782M 1% /run
/dev/sda2 102G 80G 18G 83% /
tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop2 135M 135M 0 100% /snap/chromium/1899
/dev/loop3 111M 111M 0 100% /snap/core/12725
/dev/loop4 56M 56M 0 100% /snap/core18/2284
/dev/loop5 62M 62M 0 100% /snap/core20/1328
/dev/loop0 128K 128K 0 100% /snap/bare/5
/dev/loop6 62M 62M 0 100% /snap/core20/1270
/dev/loop7 8.4M 8.4M 0 100% /snap/evince/1002
/dev/loop8 56M 56M 0 100% /snap/core18/2253
/dev/loop9 66M 66M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1519
/dev/loop11 51M 51M 0 100% /snap/snap-store/547
/dev/loop10 8.4M 8.4M 0 100% /snap/evince/1008
/dev/loop12 296M 296M 0 100% /snap/vlc/2344
/dev/loop13 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/102
/dev/loop14 165M 165M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/161
/dev/loop15 296M 296M 0 100% /snap/vlc/2288
/dev/loop16 163M 163M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/145
/dev/loop17 219M 219M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/72
/dev/loop18 219M 219M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/77
/dev/loop19 55M 55M 0 100% /snap/snap-store/558
/dev/loop20 66M 66M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1515
/dev/loop21 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/104
/dev/loop22 248M 248M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/87
/dev/loop23 249M 249M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/99
/dev/sda1 511M 5.3M 506M 2% /boot/efi
tmpfs 784M 40K 784M 1% /run/user/1000
/dev/loop24 136M 136M 0 100% /snap/chromium/1912
/dev/sdb 459G 78G 358G 18% /media/simon/D
simon@simonrtv:~$

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 102G 80G 18G 83% /
/dev/sda1 511M 5.3M 506M 2% /boot/efi

None of the disk partitions on your system shows a space problem.

For diagnostic purposes please provide the output that you receive for the following two commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

simon@simonrtv:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for simon:
Hit:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Get:3 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [108 kB]
Get:4 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main Sources [463 kB]
Get:5 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main i386 Packages [605 kB]
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Get:7 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages [1,581 kB]
Get:8 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [280 kB]
Get:9 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [14.7 kB]
Get:10 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 Packages [904 kB]
Get:11 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe i386 Packages [668 kB]
Get:12 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [391 kB]
Get:13 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [940 B]
Get:14 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [7,980 B]
Get:15 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [23.7 kB]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main Sources [201 kB]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages [1,247 kB]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main i386 Packages [379 kB]
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [40.6 kB]
Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [9,556 B]
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/universe amd64 Packages [678 kB]
Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/universe i386 Packages [534 kB]
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [66.3 kB]
Get:24 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B]
Fetched 8,431 kB in 5s (1,580 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
13 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
simon@simonrtv:~$

simon@simonrtv:~$ sudo apt full-upgrade
[sudo] password for simon:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  brasero-common cdrdao command-not-found-data diffstat dvd+rw-tools
  espeak-data ethtool evolution-data-server-online-accounts fonts-stix g++-7
  gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2 gconf2-common geoip-database
  gir1.2-accounts-1.0 gir1.2-geocodeglib-1.0 gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0
  gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0 gir1.2-mutter-2 gir1.2-signon-1.0
  gnome-software-common growisofs hardening-includes imagemagick-common
  iputils-arping lib32gcc1 libaccounts-qt5-1 libamd2.4.1 libapparmor-perl
  libappstream3 libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libasan2 libass5
  libasync-mergepoint-perl libautodie-perl libavresample3 libavutil55
  libbabeltrace-ctf1 libblas-common libboost-date-time1.58.0
  libboost-date-time1.65.1 libboost-filesystem1.58.0 libboost-iostreams1.65.1
  libboost-system1.58.0 libbrlapi0.6 libburn4 libcamd2.4.1 libcamel-1.2-54
  libcapnp-0.5.3 libcapnp-0.6.1 libcapnp-0.7.0 libcapture-tiny-perl
  libccolamd2.9.1 libcdaudio1 libcdio-cdda1 libcdio-paranoia1 libcdio13
  libcdio17 libclass-accessor-perl libclass-method-modifiers-perl
  libclass-xsaccessor-perl libclone-perl libcloog-isl4 libclutter-gst-2.0-0
  libcolamd2.9.1 libcryptsetup4 libcrystalhd3 libdevel-size-perl
  libdigest-bubblebabble-perl libdns-export1100 libdns162
  libdouble-conversion1 libedataserver-1.2-21 libedataserverui-1.2-1
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  libfcitx-gclient0 libfile-copy-recursive-perl libfile-find-rule-perl
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  libgtkspell3-3-0 libgtop-2.0-10 libgupnp-1.0-4 libgutenprint-common
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  libhud2 libhunspell-1.3-0 libhunspell-1.6-0 libicu55 libilmbase12
  libimport-into-perl libio-async-perl libio-pty-perl libio-string-perl
  libip4tc0 libip6tc0 libiptc0 libisc-export160 libisc-export169 libisc160
  libisccc140 libisl15 libisl19 libiso9660-10 libiso9660-11 libiso9660-8
  libjson-c3 libjson-maybexs-perl libjte1 liblist-compare-perl
  liblist-moreutils-perl liblivemedia50 liblivemedia62 libllvm10 libllvm11
  libllvm3.8 libllvm4.0 libllvm5.0 libllvm6.0 libllvm9 liblouis14
  liblouisutdml8 liblwres141 liblwres160 libmagickcore-6.q16-3 libmicrodns0
  libminiupnpc10 libmirclient9 libmircommon5 libmircommon7 libmircore1
  libmirprotobuf3 libmodule-implementation-perl libmpfr4 libmpx0 libmutter-2-0
  libmysofa0 libnet-ip-perl libnettle6 libnm-glib-vpn1 libnm-glib4
  libnm-gtk-common libnm-gtk0 libnm-util2 libnma-common libnss-myhostname
  libnumber-compare-perl libopencc1 libopencv-core2.4v5 libopenexr22
  libopenjpeg5 libp11-kit-gnome-keyring libpackage-stash-perl
  libpackage-stash-xs-perl libpackagekit-glib2-16 libpangox-1.0-0
  libpath-tiny-perl libpcre16-3 libperlio-gzip-perl libpoppler58 libpoppler73
  libpostproc54 libprocps6 libprotobuf-lite10 libprotobuf-lite9v5
  libprotobuf10 libprotobuf9v5 libpython2.7 libpython3.5-minimal
  libpython3.5-stdlib libpython3.6-minimal libqmi-glib1 libqpdf21
  libqt5feedback5 libqt5multimedia5 libqt5opengl5 libqt5xml5 libquvi-scripts
  libquvi7 libraw16 libreadline7 libreadonly-perl libref-util-perl
  libref-util-xs-perl libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer libreoffice-gtk
  libreoffice-gtk2 libreoffice-style-galaxy libreoffice-style-human
  librhythmbox-core9 librole-tiny-perl librsync1 libsane1 libsbsms10
  libschroedinger-1.0-0 libsereal-decoder-perl libsereal-encoder-perl
  libsereal-perl libsignon-extension1 libsignon-glib1
  libsignon-plugins-common1 libsignon-qt5-1 libslv2-9 libsodium18 libsrtp0
  libstdc++-5-dev libstdc++-7-dev libstruct-dumb-perl
  libsub-exporter-progressive-perl libsub-identify-perl
  libsuitesparseconfig4.4.6 libswscale4 libtbb2 libtest-fatal-perl
  libtest-refcount-perl libtext-glob-perl libtext-levenshtein-perl
  libtracker-sparql-1.0-0 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0 libtype-tiny-perl
  libtype-tiny-xs-perl libunicode-utf8-perl libunistring0 libusbmuxd4
  libva-x11-1 libva1 libvcdinfo0 libvpx3 libvpx5 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2
  libwebp5 libwebpdemux1 libwebpmux1 libwebrtc-audio-processing-0 libwildmidi1
  libwinpr-crt0.1 libwinpr-dsparse0.1 libwinpr-handle0.1 libwinpr-input0.1
  libwinpr-interlocked0.1 libwinpr-library0.1 libwinpr-registry0.1
  libwinpr-rpc0.1 libwxgtk3.0-0v5 libx264-148 libx264-152 libx265-146
  libx265-79 libxapian-1.3-5 libxapian22v5 libxcb-composite0
  libxml-namespacesupport-perl libxml-writer-perl libyaml-libyaml-perl
  libzeitgeist-1.0-1 nplan patchutils plainbox-secure-policy pm-utils
  python-asn1crypto python-fasteners python-imaging python-lockfile
  python-monotonic python-ndg-httpsclient python-olefile python-pil python-sip
  python-talloc python-urllib3 python-zeitgeist python3-asn1crypto python3-bs4
  python3-feedparser python3-guacamole python3-html5lib python3-jinja2
  python3-lxml python3-oauth python3-padme python3-plainbox python3-pyparsing
  python3-soupsieve python3-webencodings python3-xlsxwriter
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  qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel qml-module-qt-labs-settings
  qml-module-qtwebkit qml-module-ubuntu-performancemetrics qpdf shim
  signon-plugin-oauth2 signon-ui-service signon-ui-x11 snap-confine
  snapd-login-service suru-icon-theme t1utils tcpd ubuntu-mobile-icons
  ubuntu-ui-toolkit-theme ubuntu-web-launchers ubuntuone-client-data
  unity-lens-applications unity-lens-files unity-lens-music unity-lens-video
  unity-scope-video-remote
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-headers-5.4.0-100 linux-headers-5.4.0-100-generic
  linux-image-5.4.0-100-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-100-generic
  linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-100-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
  language-pack-en language-pack-en-base libarchive13 linux-generic
  linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic linux-libc-dev python3-distupgrade
  snap-confine snapd ubuntu-drivers-common ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
  ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk
13 to upgrade, 5 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
7 standard security updates
Need to get 114 MB of archives.
After this operation, 380 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

Its installing an update now.
Interesting, it would not install one this morning.

The update was installed and system asked for a restart, so I did that.
How would I find what it said, so I can copy and paste now. Sorry to be inconvenient.

There is no need to copy/paste the old output, if everything is working again.

Everything seems to be working fine.

System seems to be running fine at the moment.
Thank you for all you assistance.

My wager is google 2FA adds that underscore-cozy to the line and synaptic bundle manager could have no clue that there has been a exchange! As neither did I - until I should view the files aspect by side. Sometimes I sense like I should have stuck with computers rather of medicine - I might be in higher digital form now if I had...., You can see demo here https://yoursilverlab.com/catahoula-pit-mix/