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Re: Deleting files after installing GCC
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at airs dot com>
- To: "Matheus Peschke de Azevedo" <matheus at tke dot com dot br>
- Cc: <gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: 21 Nov 2005 18:56:43 -0800
- Subject: Re: Deleting files after installing GCC
- References: <CLEKLDEIELEHBOJMGCHMIEBHCAAA.matheus@tke.com.br>
"Matheus Peschke de Azevedo" <matheus@tke.com.br> writes:
> 1. I downloaded the source to /opt/gnu/gcc.
> 2. I unpacked them into /opt/build.
> 3. I changed to my object directory (/opt/build) and ran the configure
> with --prefix=/usr/local.
> 4. Finally I compiled it using make.
>
> My question is: Can I delete /opt/gnu/gcc and /opt/build once the
> installation process is finished? I mean, except for the loss of the GCC
> compiler sources, will I delete anything else important to run the compiler
> or the system?
You can delete the build directory and the sources after you run "make
install".
Ian