Originally Posted by misterc

here is a wiki page that 'optifies' a few packages part of Maemo core (thus, can't be optified prior to install, any more, obviously
alas
CSSU, anyone )

Free up rootfs space

YMMV...


here are most lines...

Code:

rm /var/lib/dpkg/*old
mv /usr/share/nokia-maps /home/opt/
ln -s /home/opt/nokia-maps /usr/share/nokia-maps
mv /usr/share/microb-engine /home/opt
ln -s /home/opt/microb-engine /usr/share/microb-engine
mv /usr/share/fonts /home/opt 
ln -s /home/opt/fonts /usr/share/fonts
mv /usr/share/locale /opt
ln -s /opt/locale /usr/share/locale
mv /usr/share/themes/ /home/opt/usr/share/themes
ln -s /home/opt/usr/share/themes /usr/share/themes
dpkg --purge tutorial-home-applet 
dpkg -l|grep ^rc

last command has been rewritten by Joseph9560 as

Code:

dpkg -l | grep ^rc | cut -d " " -f 3 | xargs dpkg --purge

nota bene: moving & relinking the theme part means you can't install any new themes unless you delete the link & move the files back to their original place...

i use those exact instructions routinely when reflashing my N900s (now mostly the test model ) and never had any problems
then again, i don't give a darn about themes

Originally Posted by SiO2

Guys, I don't know whether this information deserves a new topic but yesterday I've found a way to clean the N900 rootfs that worked fine on my device. Please handle this information with care, since I've read about people running ubuntu or debian who got the system erased by this command.
I've typed this (as root):

apt-get autoremove

my free rootfs increased by 8% but before I recommend to try this:

apt-get --simulate autoremove

this command simulates the autoremove action so, you can check the output in order to be sure that only useless packages will be removed.

Try also: apt-get moo

This won't help you in rootfs cleaning but is absolutely safe! ;-)