On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
> >> Furthermore, you also have hundreds of mega-octets of
> >> /usr/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES, translations in foreign languages you
> >> do not speak and no manner of `dpkg-reconfigure locales` will get you
> >> rid of.
> > Sure, about 350MB when I last looked, around 5 years ago. I've seen
> > some people on this list who would prefer to prune them.
>
> I remember installing the `localepurge` package for that when I was
> trying to fit my "rescue" Debian image on a small USB flash "key".
How did localepurge work for you? Any issues?
I'm still on the fence about using it - the bit in the man page(1) about
Please definitely do abstain from reporting any bugs blaming
localepurge if *you* break your system by using it. If you don't know
what you are doing and can't handle any resulting breakage on your own
then please simply don't use it.
is doing a _real_ good job of scaring me off :-[
TIA
Lee
(1) https://www.huge-man-linux.net/man8/localepurge.html
