Cleaning up /opt area

[Evelyn Daroga]

I need to free up some space in the /opt area. Is there any reason why I should NOT delete the following directories, if I am running HP-UX 11.0 on the current system, and have no plans to use ignite for updating any other systems:

/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.10.01
/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.10.10
/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.10.20

I would like to do a "rm -r" on these directories. Will I break anything?

[Kofi ARTHIABAH · Accepted solution]

Hi Evelyn:

I blew those directories away from my set up and did not break anything, so I guess you can do that - they did not amount to much anyway.

Meanwhile, if you are going to install lots of software, you might want to actually extend the /opt file system if you are running out of space... you could also check for software that you are not using and do and swremove...

cheers.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

To save space:

If you are only interested in installing systems to one release of HP-UX, then just download the Ignite-UX bits for that HP-UX release. This will give you the ability to do client/server installs of just the HP-UX release you are interested in.

See:

http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/download.html#11

...JRF...

[Evelyn Daroga]

Thanks for the reply. That's pretty much what I thought. This would free up 32M, which is just about what I need for my installation. I've already extended several times; just thought I'd try to eliminate what I don't need rather than keep throwing space at it. Thanks!