FreeBSD ports: remove build dependencies after installing port

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Is there any way to remove build dependencies of the port after installing it?

Many ports use exotic tools for building and these tools are not used anymore when port is builded and installed.

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My suggestion would be pkg_cutleaves (available in the ports collection), or pkg-orphan -- Both of these do the same basic thing (list packages that aren't referred to as a dependency by any other package, and ask you what to do).

I wouldn't bother though: The build dependencies will just have to be rebuilt and reinstalled when you upgrade the port, and they generally don't take up huge amounts of room. Leaving them won't hurt you unless your system is severely disk-space constrained.

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FreeBSD Ports – Use Default Options When Compiling

The best option (IMHO) is to set all the options at the very start. You can do this by running make config-recursive.

FreeBSD Ports: How to see all dependencies for a port, and all subdependencies for those dependencies

You are very close. Try this instead:

make all-depends-list

That will recurse through all dependencies and print them for you. To test different build scenarios and how they affect the dependency list, try things like:

make NOPORTDOCS=yes NOPORTEXAMPLES=yes all-depends-list

make WITHOUT_X11=yes all-depends-list

Here is the full set of dependency print targets:

all-depends-list
build-depends-list
run-depends-list
package-depends-list
pretty-print-build-depends-list
pretty-print-run-depends-list

Cheers, Greg

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FreeBSD Ports – Use Default Options When Compiling

FreeBSD Ports: How to see all dependencies for a port, and all subdependencies for those dependencies

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