* Is it okay to delete Cygwin (mirror) download directories?
@ 2011-05-08 0:32 Olumide
2011-05-08 2:07 ` Weiqi Gao
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From: Olumide @ 2011-05-08 0:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Hi -
Over the years I've updated my gotten my Cygwin fix from a number of
mirrors each one of which has left a massive download directory (in
excess of 700Mb) on my hard disk. For example:
ftp%3a%2f%2flinux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de%2fcygwin
http%3a%2f%2fftp.uni-kl.de%2fpub%2fwindows%2fcygwin%2f
http%3a%2f%2fftp.gwdg.de%2fpub%2flinux%2fsources.redhat.com%2fcygwin%2f
Now I'm running out of HD space I'm looking to reclaim some of that
space. Is it okay to delete some or all of these directories? I'm
concerned that the Cygwin setup program uses one of these folders to
determine what programs I've currently got installed.
Thanks,
- Olumide
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* Re: Is it okay to delete Cygwin (mirror) download directories?
2011-05-08 0:32 Is it okay to delete Cygwin (mirror) download directories? Olumide
2011-05-08 2:07 ` Weiqi Gao
@ 2011-05-08 2:07 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-05-08 7:49 ` Jens Schweikhardt
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2011-05-08 2:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 01:32:12AM +0100, Olumide wrote:
>Hi -
>
>Over the years I've updated my gotten my Cygwin fix from a number of
>mirrors each one of which has left a massive download directory (in
>excess of 700Mb) on my hard disk. For example:
>
>ftp%3a%2f%2flinux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de%2fcygwin
>http%3a%2f%2fftp.uni-kl.de%2fpub%2fwindows%2fcygwin%2f
>http%3a%2f%2fftp.gwdg.de%2fpub%2flinux%2fsources.redhat.com%2fcygwin%2f
>
>Now I'm running out of HD space I'm looking to reclaim some of that
>space. Is it okay to delete some or all of these directories? I'm
>concerned that the Cygwin setup program uses one of these folders to
>determine what programs I've currently got installed.
Yes. It's perfectly ok to delete everything in your cygwin download
directory.
cgf
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* Re: Is it okay to delete Cygwin (mirror) download directories?
2011-05-08 0:32 Is it okay to delete Cygwin (mirror) download directories? Olumide
@ 2011-05-08 2:07 ` Weiqi Gao
2011-05-08 2:07 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-05-08 7:49 ` Jens Schweikhardt
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From: Weiqi Gao @ 2011-05-08 2:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 05/07/2011 07:32 PM, Olumide wrote:
> Hi -
>
> Over the years I've updated my gotten my Cygwin fix from a number of
> mirrors each one of which has left a massive download directory (in
> excess of 700Mb) on my hard disk. For example:
>
> ftp%3a%2f%2flinux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de%2fcygwin
> http%3a%2f%2fftp.uni-kl.de%2fpub%2fwindows%2fcygwin%2f
> http%3a%2f%2fftp.gwdg.de%2fpub%2flinux%2fsources.redhat.com%2fcygwin%2f
>
> Now I'm running out of HD space I'm looking to reclaim some of that
> space. Is it okay to delete some or all of these directories? I'm
> concerned that the Cygwin setup program uses one of these folders to
> determine what programs I've currently got installed.
>
> Thanks,
I routinely delete these directories without any ill effects. The
setup.exe program will recreate them and refill them up as new versions
are downloaded and installed. The only time you don't want to delete
them is after you downloaded a bunch of updates but before you have
installed them.
The setup program does not use these directories to determine what has
been installed (as far as I understand, and I am a mere user of setup.exe.)
Give it a try. What's the worse that can happen? A messed up Cygwin
installation? You can always delete the whole thing and start over.
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* Re: Is it okay to delete Cygwin (mirror) download directories?
2011-05-08 0:32 Is it okay to delete Cygwin (mirror) download directories? Olumide
2011-05-08 2:07 ` Weiqi Gao
2011-05-08 2:07 ` Christopher Faylor
@ 2011-05-08 7:49 ` Jens Schweikhardt
2011-05-08 8:32 ` Olumide
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From: Jens Schweikhardt @ 2011-05-08 7:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 01:32:12AM +0100, Olumide wrote:
...
# Now I'm running out of HD space I'm looking to reclaim some of that
# space. Is it okay to delete some or all of these directories? I'm
# concerned that the Cygwin setup program uses one of these folders to
# determine what programs I've currently got installed.
That's recorded in /etc/setup/installed.db which you can inspect with a
text editor.
Regards,
Jens
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* Re: Is it okay to delete Cygwin (mirror) download directories?
2011-05-08 7:49 ` Jens Schweikhardt
@ 2011-05-08 8:32 ` Olumide
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From: Olumide @ 2011-05-08 8:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On 5/8/2011 7:23 AM, Jens Schweikhardt wrote:
> On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 01:32:12AM +0100, Olumide wrote:
> ...
> # Now I'm running out of HD space I'm looking to reclaim some of that
> # space. Is it okay to delete some or all of these directories? I'm
> # concerned that the Cygwin setup program uses one of these folders to
> # determine what programs I've currently got installed.
>
> That's recorded in /etc/setup/installed.db which you can inspect with a
> text editor.
Thanks!
(reaches for the delete key ...)
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