Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:50:00 -0700 From: Mark Edwards <mark@antsclimbtree.com> To: "Toomas Aas" <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> Cc: 'questions@freebsd.org' Subject: Re: Deleting /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11 Message-ID: <DB9DB138-195A-11D9-90B1-000393A5ED5E@antsclimbtree.com> In-Reply-To: <200410081837.i98Ibpim030947@lv.raad.tartu.ee> References: <200410081837.i98Ibpim030947@lv.raad.tartu.ee>
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On Oct 8, 2004, at 11:37 AM, Toomas Aas wrote: > Hi! > >> I decided to remove XFree86 from my server since I don't really use it >> and its just taking up space. So I removed all gui ports, including >> all of gnome and XFree86. Done. Now, I'm wondering if there is any >> reason I shouldn't just delete /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11? Aren't they >> just taking up space? >> >> Are those directories part of the a base FreeBSD 4.x install? > > These directories seem to exist on all my 4.x servers where I've never > explicitly installed XFree86 or any other X system. So it's probably > safer to not touch them. (/etc/X11 is empty on my machines, though). Thanks for the comments. I have since discovered that in fact some server packages, such as ImageMagick, in fact need XFree86-libraries-4 which uses /usr/X11R6. So I just cleaned that directory of gnome as best I could, re-installed XFree86-libraries-4, and I'm leaving it at that. /etc/X11 is empty now, except for my XF86Config which I will leave there to save me the hassle of reconfiguring if I ever decide to re-enable XFree86. Thanks for the help!
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