[Python] "No space left on device" when installing a 700-MB torch while space is plentiful...

When installing openai-whisper with Python's pip I see the following error:

(.venv) sh-5.2$ pip install openai-whisper
Collecting openai-whisper
Using cached openai-whisper-20231117.tar.gz (798 kB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Collecting triton<3,>=2.0.0 (from openai-whisper)
Using cached triton-2.3.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.4 kB)
Collecting numba (from openai-whisper)
Using cached numba-0.60.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.whl.metadata (2.7 kB)
Collecting numpy (from openai-whisper)
Using cached numpy-2.1.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (60 kB)
Collecting torch (from openai-whisper)
Using cached torch-2.4.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (26 kB)
Collecting tqdm (from openai-whisper)
Using cached tqdm-4.66.5-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (57 kB)
Collecting more-itertools (from openai-whisper)
Using cached more_itertools-10.5.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (36 kB)
Collecting tiktoken (from openai-whisper)
Using cached tiktoken-0.7.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (6.6 kB)
Collecting filelock (from triton<3,>=2.0.0->openai-whisper)
Using cached filelock-3.16.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.0 kB)
Collecting llvmlite<0.44,>=0.43.0dev0 (from numba->openai-whisper)
Using cached llvmlite-0.43.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (4.8 kB)
Collecting numpy (from openai-whisper)
Using cached numpy-2.0.2-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (60 kB)
Collecting regex>=2022.1.18 (from tiktoken->openai-whisper)
Using cached regex-2024.9.11-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (40 kB)
Collecting requests>=2.26.0 (from tiktoken->openai-whisper)
Using cached requests-2.32.3-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (4.6 kB)
Collecting typing-extensions>=4.8.0 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached typing_extensions-4.12.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.0 kB)
Collecting sympy (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached sympy-1.13.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (12 kB)
Collecting networkx (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached networkx-3.3-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (5.1 kB)
Collecting jinja2 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached jinja2-3.1.4-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.6 kB)
Collecting fsspec (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached fsspec-2024.9.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (11 kB)
Collecting nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12==12.1.105 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_cuda_nvrtc_cu12-12.1.105-py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.5 kB)
Collecting nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12==12.1.105 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_cuda_runtime_cu12-12.1.105-py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.5 kB)
Collecting nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12==12.1.105 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_cuda_cupti_cu12-12.1.105-py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.6 kB)
Collecting nvidia-cudnn-cu12==9.1.0.70 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_cudnn_cu12-9.1.0.70-py3-none-manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.6 kB)
Collecting nvidia-cublas-cu12==12.1.3.1 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_cublas_cu12-12.1.3.1-py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.5 kB)
Collecting nvidia-cufft-cu12==11.0.2.54 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_cufft_cu12-11.0.2.54-py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.5 kB)
Collecting nvidia-curand-cu12==10.3.2.106 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_curand_cu12-10.3.2.106-py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.5 kB)
Collecting nvidia-cusolver-cu12==11.4.5.107 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_cusolver_cu12-11.4.5.107-py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.6 kB)
Collecting nvidia-cusparse-cu12==12.1.0.106 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_cusparse_cu12-12.1.0.106-py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.6 kB)
Collecting nvidia-nccl-cu12==2.20.5 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_nccl_cu12-2.20.5-py3-none-manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.8 kB)
Collecting nvidia-nvtx-cu12==12.1.105 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_nvtx_cu12-12.1.105-py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.7 kB)
INFO: pip is looking at multiple versions of torch to determine which version is compatible with other requirements. This could take a while.
Collecting torch (from openai-whisper)
Using cached torch-2.4.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (26 kB)
Using cached torch-2.3.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (26 kB)
Collecting nvidia-cudnn-cu12==8.9.2.26 (from torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_cudnn_cu12-8.9.2.26-py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.6 kB)
Collecting nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12 (from nvidia-cusolver-cu12==11.4.5.107->torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached nvidia_nvjitlink_cu12-12.6.68-py3-none-manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.5 kB)
Collecting charset-normalizer<4,>=2 (from requests>=2.26.0->tiktoken->openai-whisper)
Using cached charset_normalizer-3.3.2-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (33 kB)
Collecting idna<4,>=2.5 (from requests>=2.26.0->tiktoken->openai-whisper)
Using cached idna-3.8-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (9.9 kB)
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Using cached urllib3-2.2.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (6.4 kB)
Collecting certifi>=2017.4.17 (from requests>=2.26.0->tiktoken->openai-whisper)
Using cached certifi-2024.8.30-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.2 kB)
Collecting MarkupSafe>=2.0 (from jinja2->torch->openai-whisper)
Downloading MarkupSafe-2.1.5-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (3.0 kB)
Collecting mpmath<1.4,>=1.1.0 (from sympy->torch->openai-whisper)
Using cached mpmath-1.3.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (8.6 kB)
Using cached triton-2.3.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl (168.1 MB)
Using cached more_itertools-10.5.0-py3-none-any.whl (60 kB)
Using cached numba-0.60.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.whl (3.7 MB)
Using cached numpy-2.0.2-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl (19.5 MB)
Using cached tiktoken-0.7.0-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl (1.1 MB)
Downloading torch-2.3.1-cp311-cp311-manylinux1_x86_64.whl (779.2 MB)
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ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py", line 438, in _error_catcher
yield
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py", line 561, in read
data = self._fp_read(amt) if not fp_closed else b""
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py", line 527, in _fp_read
return self._fp.read(amt) if amt is not None else self._fp.read()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/cachecontrol/filewrapper.py", line 102, in read
self.__buf.write(data)
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/tempfile.py", line 500, in func_wrapper
return func(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
OSError: [Errno 28] No space left on device

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 180, in exc_logging_wrapper
status = run_func(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py", line 245, in wrapper
return func(self, options, args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py", line 377, in run
requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/resolver.py", line 179, in resolve
self.factory.preparer.prepare_linked_requirements_more(reqs)
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 552, in prepare_linked_requirements_more
self._complete_partial_requirements(
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 467, in _complete_partial_requirements
for link, (filepath, _) in batch_download:
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/download.py", line 183, in __call__
for chunk in chunks:
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/progress_bars.py", line 53, in _rich_progress_bar
for chunk in iterable:
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/utils.py", line 63, in response_chunks
for chunk in response.raw.stream(
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py", line 622, in stream
data = self.read(amt=amt, decode_content=decode_content)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py", line 560, in read
with self._error_catcher():
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/contextlib.py", line 158, in __exit__
self.gen.throw(typ, value, traceback)
File "/home/user/Documents/Transcribtion/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py", line 455, in _error_catcher
raise ProtocolError("Connection broken: %r" % e, e)
pip._vendor.urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: ("Connection broken: OSError(28, 'No space left on device')", OSError(28, 'No space left on device'))


I still have 141 GiB free on my hard drive. Tried with both with and without venv. What can I do?

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