localepurge

kmoffat · 10-18-2003, 03:24 PM

Just tried "localepurge" on libranet and it freed a bunch of drive space. Just thought to pass the word. YMMV. use at your own risk. Thanks to luigi for the tip.

freychef · 10-19-2003, 01:38 AM

I just looked it up in my copy of 'Linux in a Nutshell' and don't see it listed anywhere. I've also used 'man' but the info is pretty vague. What else can you tell us about this command?

kmoffat · 10-19-2003, 03:59 PM

http://annys.eines.info/cgi-bin/man/...?localepurge+8

It's in debian, apt-get install localepurge, and it apparently deletes all the locales that you don't want to use. I configured it to leave "en" and it's variants, en_US and a couple of others, I think, then let it go and it freed a lot of space. I guess it installs itself and works when you install debs, deleting unwanted locale data that might be in the packages.
The do state: use at your own risk.