Ubuntu - Not able to download updates as not enough room

Hi folks,

I have just taken the leap and installed Ubuntu on my laptop, it all installed perfectly and I am happy with it... however, I am new to it and need some assistance. When it first loaded up the Update Manager advised that there are updates available but when I click on install updates I get the following error message -

The upgrade needs a total of 365M free space on disk '/'. Please free at least an additional 364M of disk space on '/'. Empty your trash and remove temporary packages of former installations using 'sudo apt-get clean'.

Now I have lots of free space on the computer (about 40Gig) but it looks like Ubuntu has partitioned itself into a tiny drive without giving itself room to breathe.

How do I manually enlarge the partition containing the Ubuntu program?

I'm sorry but some sort of step by step will be a must as I am completely lost within this OS.

Any help much appreciated,
Cad.

Ps. It is installed alongside Vista, which was on the laptop when I bought it. Don't know if that matters or whether I can alter the partitions within windows (which I am slightly more comfortable using currently).

 

You should shrink your Vista by using device manager and make a partition for at least 5GB for Ubuntu to be able to live with Ubuntu and have a bit of room to grow in. You may have to stop hibernation and system restore for more than 5GB shrink and then restart them again. I'm surprised that it fit in the first place! Since you're new to this, you may just want to clear the current Ubuntu install using device manager and reinstall the whole thing.

 

Thanks, Yep, I shoulda looked before I leaped haha,

All working fine now,

Cheers,
Cad.