Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 13:43:43 -0800 (PST) From: Eddie Lawhead <eddie@silk.net> To: Clarence Griffin <Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can I delete '/usr/ports'? safely? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9811021340420.11099-100000@onestopweb.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <002894C7.003144@ed.gov>
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Hello, You can safley delete the directory but you will have to download the port of the app and dependancies next time you want to install them. I think if you cd to /usr/ports you should be able to do a make clean which will clean up things for you but I /think/ that next time you install a port it will have to download again. HTH Eddie Lawhead On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Clarence Griffin wrote: # # I just did an evaluation of used disk space, and found that I've # installed all the 'ports' when I set up this new system. # # this makes my /usr director at 103%. # # I'd like to simply delete all the 'ports', but am wondering how that # will impact the system? I'd then want to re-install only those prots # I will actually use. # # Anyone else faced this problem? If so, how did you resolve it? # # # dg # #To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org #with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message # # To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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