Bloat from 2015 to 2020 - how to recover disk space by uninstalling unused features
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In version 2.2.2 back in 2015 total disk usage was 246 MB. Now in 2.4.4_3 it is 827 MB. Same features have always been used (multiwan). No pfsense packages added by myself. Is there a safe way to cut down on disk usage by removing unused features?
Here is the ending of the output of du -m / | sort -n if it helps.
11 /lib
12 /var/db
13 /usr/share/i18n/csmapper/CP
14 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.26/mach/auto
15 /usr/sbin
17 /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin
17 /usr/local/include
22 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.26/mach
25 /var
26 /usr/lib/debug/lib
28 /usr/lib/debug/usr/sbin
29 /usr/share/i18n/csmapper
30 /usr/share/i18n
31 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/test
33 /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib
36 /usr/local/bin
36 /usr/local/share/locale
40 /usr/local/share/pfSense
48 /usr/share
49 /boot/kernel
53 /usr/local/sbin
55 /boot
58 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.26
62 /usr/local/lib/perl5
78 /usr/lib/debug/usr
82 /usr/local/lib/python2.7
91 /usr/local/share
113 /usr/lib/debug
170 /usr/lib
217 /usr/local/lib
439 /usr/local
682 /usr
827 / -
Looks like you're running lean.
16 /pkgs 16 /usr/local/www 17 /usr/local/share/openvpn 17 /usr/local/share/openvpn/client-export 17 /usr/local/share/openvpn/client-export/template 19 /usr/local/share/GeoIP/cc 23 /usr/local/include 27 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.30/mach 27 /usr/local/share/icu 27 /usr/local/share/icu/65.1 29 /usr/share/i18n/csmapper 30 /usr/share/i18n 31 /var/log/snort 31 /var/log/snort/snort_vmx141214 32 /var/db 33 /usr/local/lib/python3.7/test/__pycache__ 36 /usr/local/share/locale 40 /usr/local/bin 42 /usr/local/share/pfSense 49 /usr/share 51 /boot/kernel 58 /usr/local/share/GeoIP 60 /usr/local/sbin 61 /usr/local/lib/python3.7/test 62 /usr/lib 63 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.30 67 /usr/local/lib/perl5 77 /var/log 99 /boot/kernel.old 129 /usr/local/lib/python3.7 154 /var/cache 154 /var/cache/pkg 157 /boot 200 /usr/local/share 274 /var 306 /usr/local/lib 661 /usr/local 799 /usr 1336 / -
There is no "safe" way to do this no. Is there any particular reason you need such a small footprint?
Steve
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Just running a lot of VM's on small disk/SSD space, not worth too much effort. Thanks for the input.
