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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:29 AM

.... some tool or script to reduce hard disk space ocuped by Gentoo
safely and automatically?. My laptop has litte hard disk. I
think I don't need most static libraries, or development libraries and
headers for apps like mozilla and a lot of final applications that are
not required to compile others ports, and are spending
uselessly a precious disc space.

Thanks

#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:29 AM

well you can save space by removing package groups that you don't use.
if you creat a dir called /etc/portage and creat a file there called
"rsync_excludes"
and list all directories you don't want updated, like "app-cdr" since you
don't own a burnner, theres no need for portage to download and keep files
you will never use.

best bet is to go into /urs/portage/
and add the groups to the "rsync_excludes"
but make sure to take great care, many things are dependent.

oh and also make sure you add this line to make.conf ( at the very bottom )

RSYNC_EXCLUDEFROM=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes

"cluster" <clus_ter@hotpop.com> wrote in message
news:2ufqblF2a8eohU1@uni-berlin.de...
>
> ... some tool or script to reduce hard disk space ocuped by Gentoo
> safely and automatically?. My laptop has litte hard disk. I
> think I don't need most static libraries, or development libraries and
> headers for apps like mozilla and a lot of final applications that are
> not required to compile others ports, and are spending
> uselessly a precious disc space.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>

#3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:29 AM

well you can save space by removing package groups that you don't use.
if you creat a dir called /etc/portage and creat a file there called
"rsync_excludes"
and list all directories you don't want updated, like "app-cdr" since you
don't own a burnner, theres no need for portage to download and keep files
you will never use.

best bet is to go into /urs/portage/
and add the groups to the "rsync_excludes"
but make sure to take great care, many things are dependent.

oh and also make sure you add this line to make.conf ( at the very bottom )

RSYNC_EXCLUDEFROM=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes

"cluster" <clus_ter@hotpop.com> wrote in message
news:2ufqblF2a8eohU1@uni-berlin.de...
>
> ... some tool or script to reduce hard disk space ocuped by Gentoo
> safely and automatically?. My laptop has litte hard disk. I
> think I don't need most static libraries, or development libraries and
> headers for apps like mozilla and a lot of final applications that are
> not required to compile others ports, and are spending
> uselessly a precious disc space.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>

#4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:29 AM

El Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:47:38 -0400, M|6 escribió:

> well you can save space by removing package groups that you don't use.

Ok. I did't know that. But this only reduces space ocuppied by
portage. I Was thinking about static libraries, headers, development
libraries,... Then you can reduce a lot of space. It could be a script
that analize portage dependencies, to find final apps not required to
compile other ports and safely asking you to erase those files.

#5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 08:29 AM

cluster wrote:

> ... some tool or script to reduce hard disk space ocuped by Gentoo
> safely and automatically?. My laptop has litte hard disk. I think I
> don't need most static libraries, or development libraries and headers
> for apps like mozilla and a lot of final applications that are not
> required to compile others ports, and are spending uselessly a
> precious disc space.

If you could tell us how much disk space you were aiming to save, it
would be easier to target. Examples of typical space-savers:

1. Remove everything in /usr/portage/distfiles/. If you're on
broadband, you'll not need it.
2. Ditto for /var/tmp/portage/. That's where failed merges take up lots
of space.
3. Clean up the world file, run 'emerge -Duav --newuse world', then
'emerge -a depclean'
4. 2-300 MB can be saved by moving /usr/portage/ to a file system that
has a block size of 1kb instead of 4kb. Can be loopback file system.
5. Uninstall stuff you don't think you need any more, then run 'emerge
-a depclean' again

How much this all saves can vary a lot, but you didn't say how much
you were aiming to save, so it's difficult to see if this is enough.
More esoteric cleanup procedures exist, but it's no longer low-hanging
fruit. At some point it's just easier to buy a larger disk and clone
it.

--
PeKaJe

Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.
-- John F. Kennedy

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