This question is related to programming environment setup for python. I have run out of space on my home folder on Ubuntu. Python shims are stored in their default location ~/.pyenv and taking up a lot of space. To create space, I want to move the whole of .pyenv folder to another partition. In my understanding, this should be as simple as cut-pasting the `.pyenv' folder to its desired location and creating a soft link at its original location, pointing to this new location. Something like: ln -s ~/drive2/.pyenv ~/.pyenv ( Where the other disc is mounted at ~/drive2/ ) However, the solutions I see online are much more 'involved'. Here's one example Am I missing something? Only possible issue I can think of is having too many levels of symlink . Continue reading...
