When you install a program through dpkg, it often tells you that it has to install additional packages. It will then tell you the current size of those packages and then say something like:
After unpacking 85.6MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Please note that the brackets contain an uppercase Y and a lowercase n. If you type a lowercase y, the program will abort and you will sit there thinking, "I entered yes, what more did it want?"
The moral of the story is always look closely at those little Y's and N's.
After unpacking 85.6MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Please note that the brackets contain an uppercase Y and a lowercase n. If you type a lowercase y, the program will abort and you will sit there thinking, "I entered yes, what more did it want?"
The moral of the story is always look closely at those little Y's and N's.
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