It's not that I don't need anything in those folders, it's more that I have no intentions to run anything in those folders.
I have made a Wine Prefix directory running 32-bit games and I intend to use only that for now.
Is it safe to delete the .wine folder in those two aforementioned (see topic) directories?
Is it safe to delete .wine in root and in a home folder?
Re: Is it safe to delete .wine in root and in a home folder?
You can remove those folders.
Keep in mind that if you accidentally give a wine command without specifying a wineprefix the folder will be created again. You can prevent this by replacing the .wine directory with an (empty) file.
Keep in mind that if you accidentally give a wine command without specifying a wineprefix the folder will be created again. You can prevent this by replacing the .wine directory with an (empty) file.
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# Remove the wine directory
rm -r .wine
# Create an empty file
touch .wine
# or a placeholder
echo "# No default wineprefix" > .wine
# Optionally, make the file read only
chmod 400 .wine
Re: Is it safe to delete .wine in root and in a home folder?
I'll be very careful.