On 05-Nov-2000 Bob Hartung opined:
> Okay, I can download gimp-1.1.29 to a directory named
> /downloads/gimp. I can then tar -xvzf gimp-1.1.29.tar.gz
> and it makes the directory /downloads/gimp/gimp-1.1.29 and
> uncompresses all the files. I can 'configure' it, 'make
> clean' and 'make install' and whalla the gimp works [and it
> is much improved!].
>
> My question: After installation are the files in the
> '/downloads/gimp/gimp-1.1.29' now superfluous? Can I delete
> this directory to recover the disk space without affecting
> the installed program and its required files, libraries,
> etc.??
MOST tarballs that end with a 'make install' step can be deleted. Some
can't (webmin does this to me for some reason - it looks in the directory
installed FROM for something that I haven't taken the time to track down;
then again, I can't recall offhand if it has a 'make install' step or
uses and install script). The easiest way to test it is to rename the
directory created, run the program and see if it still functions properly.
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