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/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: No space left on device is the error coming when I'm trying to complie Open Source code project

I have about 7GB free space over the Disk so I think that cannot be the cause of the issue.

I have read some where, that if source file is too big the linker error like this can be encountered; this can be true because source file is really huge. If the linker is giving an error due to file size then what can be done to solve the problem.

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And the project name is?.. You might have better luck checking the project's FAQ. – alex Jul 6 '11 at 7:43
Copy-paste the full compilation log, so we can see exactly where you're getting this error. – Gilles Jul 6 '11 at 12:17

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The linker needs to store temporary files. Guess: the temporary directory (often /tmp) is full. Remedy: clean up /tmp, make /tmp bigger, or use a different temporary directory (export TMPDIR=/path/to/directory/with/).

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You may want to check :

  1. What filesystem do you have. e.g. FAT32 does not allow more than 2GB files.
  2. Is there i-node available, df -i. You can have multiple files that are smaller than the block size, then you have free space but cannot create more file since I-node list is full.

On both cases you may have to reformat to a new type of partition allowing bigger files and/or more inodes.

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so M'vy what's best file partition which has maximum number of nodes so that my problem can be solved – y ramesh rao Jul 6 '11 at 11:41
Did you tested the df -i first? – M'vy Jul 6 '11 at 11:56
its showing something like this 1146880-INodes 138156-IUsed 1008724-IFree can this help – y ramesh rao Jul 6 '11 at 12:26
So it has free inodes. – M'vy Jul 6 '11 at 12:33
okay that means what can be next possibility then M'vy – y ramesh rao Jul 7 '11 at 5:50
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