source: general/sysutils/parted.xml@ 8bc3edae

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY parted-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/parted-&parted-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY parted-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY parted-md5sum        "c415e5c97f86b5ff65a2d925e5a3feb7">
  <!ENTITY parted-size          "1.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY parted-buildsize     "31 MB">
  <!ENTITY parted-time          "0.6 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="parted" xreflabel="Parted-&parted-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="parted.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Parted-&parted-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="parted">
    <primary sortas="a-Parted">Parted</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Parted</title>

    <para>The <application>Parted</application> package is a disk partitioning
    and partition resizing tool.</para>

    &lfs70_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&parted-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&parted-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &parted-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &parted-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &parted-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &parted-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Parted Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">i
      <xref linkend="lvm2"/> (device-mapper, required if building 
        <application>udisks</application>)
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/parted"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Parted</title>

    <para>Install <application>Parted</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --enable-device-mapper=no &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--enable-device-mapper=no</parameter>: This parameter
    disables device mapper support. Remove this parameter if you have
    <application>Device-mapper</application> installed.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>parted and partprobe</seg>
        <seg>libparted.{so,a}</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/parted</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="parted-prog">
        <term><command>parted</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a partition manipulation program.</para>
          <indexterm zone="parted parted-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-parted">parted</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="partprobe">
        <term><command>partprobe</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>informs the OS of partition table changes.</para>
          <indexterm zone="parted partprobe">
            <primary sortas="b-partprobe">partprobe</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libparted">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libparted.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains the <application>Parted</application> API functions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="parted libparted">
            <primary sortas="c-libparted">libparted.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>