No Space Left on Device?

Hi All: Lately while I am running updates here in Debian SID, when it gets to 
"tex-common" if I either click on an url from Alpine through L Y N X   or type 
a link from a commandline, I get a message about hdf writer, alert  no space 
left on device for uncompression. That tex-common can go on several minutes, so 
I tried L I N K S  had no trouble visiting a site. Can any1 please suggest any 
changes here or in a LYNX config to fix this? Thanks so much in advance
Chime