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playground:faq:which_packages_can_i_safely_remove_to_save_space [2018/07/07 17:39] tmomasfaq:which_packages_can_i_safely_remove_to_save_space [2019/09/12 00:49] (current) – spelling vgaetera
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-====== Which packages can safely remove to save space? ======+====== Which packages can safely remove to save space? ======
  
 **Issue:** Flash space is scarce on devices with only 4MB flash, and I don't have enough space left to install a package I need. In order to to save some space: Which of the normally preinstalled packages can I safely remove when building an image? **Issue:** Flash space is scarce on devices with only 4MB flash, and I don't have enough space left to install a package I need. In order to to save some space: Which of the normally preinstalled packages can I safely remove when building an image?
  
 **Solution:** You can save some space while compiling your own image (e.g. with the [[docs:guide-user:additional-software:imagebuilder|imagebuilder]]) by removing packages that are not needed for your usecase. **Solution:** You can save some space while compiling your own image (e.g. with the [[docs:guide-user:additional-software:imagebuilder|imagebuilder]]) by removing packages that are not needed for your usecase.
-In order to completely remove IPv6 support and related packages you also need to ask the imagebuilder to do so by also passing this option to the make command: "CONFIG_IPV6=n".+In order to completely remove IPv6 support and related packages you also need to ask the imagebuilder to do so by also passing this option to the make command: "CONFIG_IPV6=n".\\ See also -> [[faq:build_image_for_devices_with_only_4mb_flash|Build image for devices with only 4MB flash]].\\ 
 +See also -> [[docs:guide-user:additional-software:saving_space|Saving firmware space]].
  
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