Minimising MacPorts Internal Disk Usage

[Sterling Smith]

Bob,

You could use the command
port contents <desired port>
to see which files your desired port(s) really install (and presumably are needed for those desired ports to function).  

-Sterling

On Aug 14, 2013, at 7:21PM, Bob M wrote:

> Hi all; I have an MB air with internal (smallish) SSD. I need some of
> the programs provided by MacPorts at all times, but I'm happy to do
> all builds while connected to a large-ish external HD. I just hit a
> crisis when the /opt directories hit 27GB. So what I want to do is to
> put as much as possible of the build environment onto the HD, and
> substitute symbolic links on the SSD. I haven't tried to use it yet -
> I'm assuming this is OK so long as nothing hard-links into these
> directories.
> 
> The current status for the large directories in /opt is:
> /opt/local/var/macports
>    build                                    moved to HD
>    distfiles                                    moved to HD
>    software                                    not sure if this can be moved
> /opt
>    lib                                        I assume this can't be moved
>    libexec                                    I assume this can't be moved
>    share                                    I assume this can't be moved
> (everything else is less than 250 MB, so not worth worrying about). So
> far, I've saved about 12GB on the SSD, but that still leaves around
> 15GB (some of which may be Xcode-related rather than MacPorts, I'm not
> sure where Xcode puts stuff). I'd like to go further if it's possible.
> So I'd appreciate any suggestions, especially about
> /opt/local/var/macports/software
>    Thanks and Best WIshes
>    Bob
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