I have a lot of random files that are left over from like previous plugin installs and app installs with a . prefix. How should I go about cleaning these up and knowing what I can delete and what I can't? For example, I installed powerline a while back but then I deleted it. However, I just found the leftover files in my bin directory that were never deleted. For files such as these, how should I figure out what I can delete and what I can't?
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Doesn't macos have some type of program or package manager, or an "uninstall" list to cleanly uninstall things? Like the package managers on Debian (apt/dpkg) or other distros use like pac(kage)man(ager), R(edhat)P(ackage)M(anager) – Xen2050 Feb 17 '19 at 07:56
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I use homebrew but I think there are many times when the files are not cleanly uninstalled and so over the years I have accumulated a lot of junk files. Also sometimes some plugins ask to install using git clone or clone or some other install method and I just copy the command without having the best understanding of where and how it's being installed. – appljuice Feb 17 '19 at 08:04
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That's unfortunate, it's about as bad as Windows ;-) I expected they might have taken some package management features when they switched to being more unix / bsd like. Just a guess, but comparing to another clean install might show some differences... – Xen2050 Feb 18 '19 at 01:53