I cannot download Lion 'cause not enough disk space

Well, as soon as I want to buy Lion... I receive this message that I have insuffience disk space. It require 2 Go de mémoire...

Those are two different requirements.
2 GB refers to chip memory which is on Apple menu -> About This Mac.
Lion also requires 7 GB of hard disk space.  And it has been found that it works best if an additional 15% of your hard disk space is free, as an arbitrary finding.   Thus if you have a 100 GB hard disk, at least 22 GB should be free before you attempt it. Additionally, check this tip if you might run into any other pitfalls:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2465

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