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  <title>Cleaning Up</title>

  <para>Finally, clean up some extra files left around from running tests:</para>

<screen><userinput>rm -rf /tmp/*</userinput></screen>

  <para>There are also several files installed in the /usr/lib and /usr/libexec
  directories with a file name extension of .la. These are "libtool archive"
  files. As already said, they are only useful when linking with static
  libraries. They are unneeded, and potentially harmful, when using dynamic
  shared libraries, specially when using also non-autotools build systems.
  To remove them, run:</para>

<screen><userinput>find /usr/lib /usr/libexec -name \*.la -delete</userinput><userinput arch="ml_32,ml_all">
find /usr/lib32 -name \*.la -delete</userinput><userinput arch="ml_x32,ml_all">
find /usr/libx32 -name \*.la -delete</userinput></screen>

   <para>For more information about libtool archive files, see the <ulink
   url="&blfs-book;introduction/la-files.html">BLFS section "About Libtool
   Archive (.la) files"</ulink>.</para>

   <para>The compiler built in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> and
   <xref linkend="chapter-chroot-temporary-tools"/> is still partially
   installed and not needed anymore. Remove it with:</para>

<screen><userinput>find /usr -depth -name $(uname -m)-lfs-linux-gnu\* | xargs rm -rf</userinput></screen>

   <para>Finally, remove the temporary 'tester' user account created at the
   beginning of the previous chapter.</para>

<screen><userinput>userdel -r tester</userinput></screen>
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