Deleting files after installing GCC

[Ian Lance Taylor]

"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