I decided to give Wesnoth a try yesterday, so i went into app manager and checked how much space it would take up on my internal memory. (I've had to reflash from accidentally running out of space before. ) App manager told me the wesnoth install package (deb, i guess?) is 26 MB, and it would take about 60 MB to install. so, i cleaned up my internal memory, wiping out a couple of themes and a couple of games that i never used (sorry, nuvoclear; sorry, supertux), and File Manager told me i had about 76 MB free.

after installing wesnoth, i immediately opened File Manager again and checked my free space: 64 MB. whah? the entire wesnoth application, fully installed appears to take up less than the size of the deb (?), as reported by app manager. that doesn't make sense. what's the deal?

then, i ran wesnoth and there was no text in the dialog boxes and i didn't feel like troubleshooting it (maybe another day), so i uninstalled. Now File Manager reports that I have about 66 MB free. wtf? i want that space back. what did wesnoth leave behind? and now i'm wondering how much of my internal memory is being occupied by crap left behind by apps that i uninstalled in the past. it just might drive me crazy.

so, which numbers are accurate and which are inaccurate? what am i missing here?