Opened 14 years ago

Closed 14 years ago

Last modified 14 years ago

#24801 closed request (invalid)

delete var/macports/distfiles ?

Reported by: Andreas.Krueger2@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Low Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 1.8.2
Keywords: Cc:
Port:

Description

/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles takes up almost one GB, and contains archives (.bz2 & .gz) only?

Is that a folder containing only the "installers"? Especially Qt & TeX are really big.

Can I delete the contents of that folder, or will that cause problems?

thx!

Change History (3)

comment:1 Changed 14 years ago by Andreas.Krueger2@…

Cc: Andreas.Krueger2@… added

Cc Me!

comment:2 Changed 14 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Cc: Andreas.Krueger2@… removed
Keywords: hd space removed
Port: all removed
Resolution: invalid
Status: newclosed

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comment:3 Changed 14 years ago by Andreas.Krueger2@…

I found a solution to my question myself, thank you very much.

sudo port clean --all installed
sudo port -f uninstall inactive

has cleaned the /distfiles folder from most of those archives there, anyway.

Source: http://simenhag.blogspot.com/2008/11/cleaning-up-macports.html

Hey, and this is very useful, too: http://porticus.alittledrop.com/

Have a nice day!

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