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Sorav Bansal wrote: |
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> Dear gentoo-users, |
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> I have a disk space problem with my gentoo installation. |
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> The /usr directory on my gentoo box is taking up 6.8 gigs of disk |
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> space, 2.8 gigs of which is in /usr/portage. This does not seem right. |
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> Is it possible to reduce this disk usage? |
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> Regards |
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> Sorav |
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Yes. You could do: |
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rm -r /usr/portage ; emerge --sync |
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My guess is that you have /usr/portage/distfiles full with package |
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sources that you have installed. You can safely delete that directory. |
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It will be recreated next time you install something. |
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Best regards, |
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Daniel |
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