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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