what to delete in /usr

[caitken-Bm8TULXj0r/3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org]

Muhammad Imran writes: 

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>> Clearly I need to lighten /usr 's load. What can I delete? The only 
>> programs I really use on the computer are Mozilla and OpenOffice but I 
>> don't want to delete programs that I don't know what they do or that 
>> other programs may rely on...
> 
> What I would suggest is instead of directly deleting any files from /usr. 
> You go to System Settings > Add/Remove applications (or something similar 
> depending on which distribution u use) and remove any 
> packages/applications that you don't need. Most of the applications 
> install files in /usr so by deleting any unwanted packages you should be 
> able to free up some space.

OK. I removed a couple. Only freed up 1% -- but it's a start.
> 
> Another option, run this command: du -h /usr
> this command will tell you how much space each file/directory is using. so 
> u can remove package to which those files belong (if u don't need that 
> package).

Thanks -- unfortunately most of the files I don't recognize to the point 
that I would know if I need them or not. 

Chris 

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