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440 Forums _ Operating System and Other Apps _ Can I Delete Installation Package?

Posted by: azusa Sun 3 Apr 2005, 03:00

When I install any software, that comes with installation package in OS 10.3.8, these installation packages are copied into Receipt folder.
I wonder, could I delete them from my HD ?

Mac Hard Drive -> Library -> Receipts -> Installation Package (ABCD.pkg).

The other things inside this folder are installation text logs which I'm sure can be deleted.

Posted by: lepetitmartien Sun 3 Apr 2005, 18:21

Don't touch them, you need them to correctly repair permissions, which is something to do each time you install a program on you mac.

if you think you need to trash some logs, use http://nav.440network.com/out.php?mmsc=forums&url=http://www.titanium.free.fr/english.html, you'll have beside the possibility to repair permissions, optimize the system (pre-binding), and run the BSD maintenance scripts which are made to run when people sometimes have not their computer running. You can clear a lot of system files than can be bothersome or useless if needed.

One IMPORTANT thing in OS X as in all Unix OS, if you don't know what does something do, don't touch it!

You need these packages, capice?

Posted by: azusa Sun 3 Apr 2005, 21:13

Thank you very much.