what to delete in /usr

Chris Aitken caitken-Bm8TULXj0r/3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org
Tue Feb 7 16:36:35 UTC 2006


Ivan Avery Frey wrote:

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> I think he's getting conflicting instructions from this mailing list. 
> For experienced users there are also a lot of things that we leave 
> out. For example it is advisable to use uninstall scripts to remove 
> software packages.
>
> Anyhow if the vmware uninstall script doesn't work, he could reinstall 
> vmware and then use the uninstall script.
>
> But the real problem here is performance issues, something that a full 
> /usr partition isn't going to impinge upon.
>
> I think the real source of the problem here is 256M of RAM and 
> OpenOffice.

Thanks. I'll open the box and see if there's a slot for another stick of 
RAM. I fear not, but I'll see.

Chris

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