Júlio Hoffimann (May 15 2023 at 21:30): Júlio Hoffimann (May 15 2023 at 21:30):Suppose I updated from Julia v1.8 to Julia v1.9. How to delete all the cache from v1.8? Can I just delete .julia/dev/v1.8? Is this the recommended method?
Mosè Giordano (May 15 2023 at 21:47):That directory doesn't exist. The only version-specific directory is depot/compiled/vX.Y, it's unclear whether you meant that or something else
Júlio Hoffimann (May 15 2023 at 22:35):I fixed the typo, I meant .julia/environments/v1.8
Júlio Hoffimann (May 15 2023 at 22:36):Is it enough to clean these environment directories? Is there a Pkg command to cleanup anything related to a version x.y?
Jakob Nybo Nissen (May 16 2023 at 04:35):Juliaup has a command to uninstall a version, but I don't know if it actually deletes all the files
Mason Protter (May 16 2023 at 05:03):You can always just copy the project / manifest files and your config folder and then nuke everything else and re-instantiate
Nils (May 16 2023 at 07:56):Given your question was "delete all the cache" you might have been after ~/.julia/compiled/v1.8 rather than the environment? ~/.julia/environments/v1.8 should just be a Project and Manifest file, so even with a big environment that's going to be <100kB, not worth worrying about?
Leandro Martínez (May 16 2023 at 14:15):What about the artifacts? Is there a way to selectively delete them for the packages that are no longer needed?
Júlio Hoffimann (May 16 2023 at 14:44):Nils said:
Given your question was "delete all the cache" you might have been after
~/.julia/compiled/v1.8rather than the environment?~/.julia/environments/v1.8should just be a Project and Manifest file, so even with a big environment that's going to be <100kB, not worth worrying about?
Thanks for clarifying it @Nils , you are probably right. I am just wondering if there is a general established mechanism to clean up anything related to a global environment.
Sundar R (May 16 2023 at 14:53):Leandro Martínez said:
What about the artifacts? Is there a way to selectively delete them for the packages that are no longer needed?
Pkg.gc is automatically run periodically, which should take care of those artifacts. You can also manually run ]gc --all to do it right away.
Nils (May 16 2023 at 15:32):Júlio Hoffimann said:
Thanks for clarifying it Nils , you are probably right. I am just wondering if there is a general established mechanism to clean up anything related to a global environment.
I don't think there is. Also note that my suggestion about compiled is not specific to the global environment, but will delete all compiled code from any environment you had in 1.8, i.e. if you re-run some code in 1.8 you will have to precompile again (probably not an issue, but just wanted to clarify).
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