usr/bin/x11 replication is eating up space, how do I correct this?

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The replication of /usr/bin/x11 is eating up disk space. How do I correct this? I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a Dell Mini9 with a 8gb HD.

The file x11 is replicating. Every time I open one there is another x11, each w/1461 items. I gave up looking after 24 occurrences. The file USR is using 3.2gb. I tried installing ubuntu 13.04, but there not enough space to finish the install.

Could you clarify what replication are you referring to? Did you start it yourself or itself? — papukaija, Jul 24 '13 at 17:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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You won't save more than a few bytes by removing /usr/bin/X11 because it is a symbolic link to the /usr/bin directory:

$ ls -l X11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Sep  9  2011 X11 -> .
$ readlink -f X11
/usr/bin

In order to actually free up some space, see also How do I free up disk space?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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answered Jul 24 '13 at 16:36

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usr/bin/x11 replication is eating up space, how do I correct this?

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