"no space left on device"

[Rachel Andrew]

I did as suggested and attempted to install Woody and have downloaded the 
packages, however as it attempts to install the packages I get a 'no space 
left on device' which is fairly likely as the thing only has a 1.2 gig hdd 
(ancient compaq)

I tried to get rid of any kde packages by doing apt-get remove kde* --purge 
but it wouldn't let me due to dependencies. If I could get rid of those 
perhaps there would be space? The thing boots up from a floppy and will let 
me use apt but thats about it.

Any ideas?
Rachel