Fresh install with Xfce4 - 4.7GB?

tankas · n00b Joined: 12 Dec 2013 Posts: 2 Location: Dublin

Hi,
finally did my first working install of the Gentoo.

Is it real that it takes 4.7GB of the HDD. Nothing fancy installed. Just necessary packages to start Xfce4 and Firefox, VLC.

I did the "eclean-dist --destructive".
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fturco · Veteran Joined: 08 Dec 2010 Posts: 1181 Location: Italy

The biggest directories are probably /usr/portage (distfiles, binary packages and ebuilds) and /usr/src (kernel source and object files). On my system I have 70 packages in the world file (including LibreOffice and Firefox) but no desktop environment (I use Openbox). The space required on the partition is 7.7G. So I think your case is pretty typical.

EDIT: Congratulations for your first working Gentoo installation!

cwr · Veteran Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 1969

My root directory contains an awful lot of applications, so isn't a useful
comparison, but /usr/portage is around 8G; it really does take up a
lot of space.

Will