Deleting /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11
Toomas Aas
toomas.aas at raad.tartu.ee
Fri Oct 8 11:38:03 PDT 2004
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).
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