From: user@example.net   
      
   Nikos Chantziaras wrote:   
   > J.O. Aho wrote:   
   >>> And space is showing signs of getting tight already.  I only have a   
   >>> base-system, and yet it eats 3GB (from 10GB total).  It looks like   
   >>> Gentoo will need outrageous amounts of space for a full KDE desktop.   
   >>   
   >> Each time you build something, you download the source and gentoo   
   >> patches, you should clean out your /usr/portage/distfiles of all   
   >> unneeded files. A full install of KDE will take something like 511M   
   >> when compiled.   
   >   
   > I used `eclean --destructive distfiles` to clean, but it's not really   
   > deleting anything.  Is it safe to simply `rm -rf   
   > /usr/portage/distfiles/*` as well as `rm -rf /var/tmp/portage/*`?  Those   
   > two directory trees eat about 1GB right now.   
      
   It's safe to do so.   
      
      
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