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diff --git a/system/localepurge/README b/system/localepurge/README index 5c3c47e7fdf4..1e80e9aaa222 100644 --- a/system/localepurge/README +++ b/system/localepurge/README @@ -1,32 +1,14 @@ -localepurge (removing superfluous locale data) +localepurge (remove superfluous locale data) -localepurge remove superfluous locale data into your system. -Is a small script to recover disk space wasted for unneeded -locale files and localized man pages. +localepurge removes superfluous locale data from your system. It is a +small script to recover disk space wasted for unneeded locale files +and localized man pages. -Before use of localepurge, please edit /etc/locale.nopurge -commenting the line: NEEDSCONFIGFIRST. +This is a script to recover disk space wasted for unneeded locales, +Gnome/KDE localizations and localized man pages. Depending on the +installation, it is possible to save some 200, 300, or even more mega +bytes of disk space dedicated for localization you will most probably +never have any use for. -And modify lines at the end to your system locales: - - en - en_GB - es - es_ES - es_ES@euro - es_ES.UTF-8 - -To your system locales, eg: Brazilian locales... - - pt - pt_BR - pt_BR.UTF-8 - -Finally run: localepurge - -At the end, you receive message like this: - - * localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/man: 4812K - * localepurge: processing man pages in /usr/man ... - - * Total disk space freed by localepurge: 25144K +Before use of localepurge, please edit /etc/locale.nopurge commenting +the line: NEEDSCONFIGFIRST. |