PS Re: What is /usr/share/locale?
Ed Greshko
Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Sun Mar 28 22:15:20 UTC 2010
On 03/29/2010 01:10 AM, BeartoothHOS wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:43:11 +0000, BeartoothHOS wrote:
>
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>> On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:15:43 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>
>
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>>> Yes, basically it does have to do with various language and regional
>>> support.
>>>
>>> But, of course, you shouldn't go about blindly deleting stuff since not
>>> all the files are owned by language specific packages.
>>>
> [....]
>
>> It also distinguishes between Installed Groups and Available
>> Groups; that may come in very handy.
>>
>> Many thanks, and wish me luck!
>>
> Post Scriptum :
>
> Here's a surprise. I started with a random single choice: "yum
> groupremove Venda Support." It spat out the "Support" and removed three
> fonts -- or so it said.
>
> But when I repeated the listing command, all the other languages
> were also gone : no Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, etc., etc.
>
> The space used/available, according to baobab, remained at
> 2.4/1.2; but df -h showed a gain of 6 MB -- it's a start ...
>
>
>
When specifying names of groups with spaces in them you need to quote.
e.g. yum groupremove " Tibetan Support"
And, FYIW, you can do
yum groupinfo "Venda Support" to learn what packages are in a group to
see what packages are to contained in the group.
FWIW, I tend to be "old school" and prefer to do things from the command
line as opposed to GUI where the actual mechanics are hidden from view. :-)
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