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    Bloat from 2015 to 2020 - how to recover disk space by uninstalling unused features

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    • U
      Ulysses_
      last edited by Ulysses_

      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 /

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      • B
        bbrendon
        last edited by

        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    /
        
        
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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          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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          • U
            Ulysses_
            last edited by

            Just running a lot of VM's on small disk/SSD space, not worth too much effort. Thanks for the input.

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