python - IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device while installing TensorFlow

Question

I am trying to install TensorFlow in my local directory using the following command.

export TF_BINARY_URL=http://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-0.11.0-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl
pip install --install-option="--prefix=$PYTHONUSERBASE" --upgrade $TF_BINARY_URL

I am getting the following error:

IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device

Then I did df to see the following:

Filesystem             1K-blocks       Used   Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                      10240      10240           0 100% /tmp
tmpfs                      10240      10240           0 100% /var/tmp

Is there a way I can install TF without the temp files being downloaded in /tmp or /var/tmp? Thanks.

Answer 1

Usually, You can set the environment variable 'TMPDIR' to use a different directory other than /tmp or /var/tmp and most programs will honour that.

You can perhaps try,

$ export TMPDIR=$HOME/tmp

and then start your 'pip install'