chapter05/e2fsprogs.xml

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   8 <sect1 id="ch-tools-e2fsprogs" role="wrap">
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  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>e2fsprogs</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&e2fsprogs-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&e2fsprogs-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>E2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-tools-e2fsprogs">
  20     <primary sortas="a-E2fsprogs">E2fsprogs</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
  27     href="../chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml"
  28     xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>
  29
  30     <segmentedlist>
  31       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  32       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  33
  34       <seglistitem>
  35         <seg>&e2fsprogs-ch5-sbu;</seg>
  36         <seg>&e2fsprogs-ch5-du;</seg>
  37       </seglistitem>
  38     </segmentedlist>
  39
  40   </sect2>
  41
  42   <sect2 role="installation">
  43     <title>Installation of E2fsprogs</title>
  44
  45     <para>The E2fsprogs documentation recommends that the package be built in
  46     a subdirectory of the source tree: </para>
  47
  48 <screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -v build
  49 cd build</userinput></screen>
  50
  51     <para>Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:</para>
  52
  53 <screen><userinput remap="configure">../configure --prefix=/tools --disable-libblkid --disable-libuuid</userinput></screen>
  54
  55     <variablelist>
  56       <title>The meaning of the new configure option:</title>
  57
  58       <varlistentry>
  59         <term><parameter>--disable-libblkid</parameter></term>
  60         <listitem>
  61           <para>This prevents E2fsprogs from building its own copy of the
  62           libblkid library, which Util-Linux-NG provides.</para>
  63         </listitem>
  64       </varlistentry>
  65
  66       <varlistentry>
  67         <term><parameter>--disable-libuuid</parameter></term>
  68         <listitem>
  69           <para>This prevents E2fsprogs from building its own copy of the
  70           libuuid library, which Util-Linux-NG provides.</para>
  71         </listitem>
  72       </varlistentry>
  73     </variablelist>
  74
  75     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  76
  77 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  78
  79     <para>Install the static libraries and headers required by Util-linux:</para>
  80
  81 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install-libs</userinput></screen>
  82
  83     <para>Make the installed static libraries writable so debugging symbols can
  84     be removed later:</para>
  85
  86 <screen><userinput remap="install">chmod -v u+w \
  87     /tools/lib/{libcom_err,libe2p,libext2fs,libss}.a</userinput></screen>
  88
  89   </sect2>
  90
  91   <sect2 role="content">
  92     <title/>
  93
  94     <para>Details on this package are located in
  95     <xref linkend="contents-e2fsprogs" role="."/></para>
  96   </sect2>
  97
  98 </sect1>