CentOS - Feb 2012 - Can I get rid of i86 packages and libraries on an x86_64 virtual server?

The server is a vpn with only 20 GB of storage. I would like to  free up 
disk space. Even if I must keep some i86 stuff, I think I can get rid of 
the dev packages for it.

Thanks,
John


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Am 12.02.2012 15:35, schrieb John J. Boyer:
> The server is a vpn with only 20 GB of storage. I would like to  free up 
> disk space. Even if I must keep some i86 stuff, I think I can get rid of 
> the dev packages for it.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
Add .i386 respectively .i686 (i.e. for glibc and openssl) to the package
names you want to uninstall.

Alexander

On Sun, 12 Feb 2012, John J. Boyer wrote:
> The server is a vpn with only 20 GB of storage. I would like to  free up
> disk space. Even if I must keep some i86 stuff, I think I can get rid of
> the dev packages for it.
>
Yes, you can get rid of them as long as nothing depends on them.  One
easy way is to install rpmorphan.  Don't use it blindly, but if you have
a lot of extra packages, it helps to sort through them.

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