| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY parted-download-http "&gnu-http;/parted/parted-&parted-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY parted-download-ftp "&gnu-ftp;/parted/parted-&parted-version;.tar.xz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY parted-md5sum "93d2d8f22baebc5eb65b85da05a79e4e">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY parted-size "1.8 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY parted-buildsize "29 MB (additional 3 MB for the tests and additional 2 MB for optional PDF and Postscript documentation)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY parted-time "0.3 SBU (additional 3.6 SBU for the tests)">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="parted" xreflabel="parted-&parted-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="parted.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <title>parted-&parted-version;</title>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <indexterm zone="parted">
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| 22 | <primary sortas="a-parted">Parted</primary>
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| 23 | </indexterm>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to parted</title>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>
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| 29 | The <application>Parted</application> package is a disk partitioning and
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| 30 | partition resizing tool.
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| 31 | </para>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | &lfs113_checked;
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 36 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 37 | <listitem>
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| 38 | <para>
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| 39 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&parted-download-http;"/>
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| 40 | </para>
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| 41 | </listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>
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| 44 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&parted-download-ftp;"/>
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| 45 | </para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>
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| 49 | Download MD5 sum: &parted-md5sum;
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| 50 | </para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>
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| 54 | Download size: &parted-size;
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| 55 | </para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>
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| 59 | Estimated disk space required: &parted-buildsize;
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| 60 | </para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>
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| 64 | Estimated build time: &parted-time;
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| 65 | </para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | </itemizedlist>
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| 68 | <!--
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| 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 70 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 71 | <listitem>
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| 72 | <para>
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| 73 | Optional, to fix build without device mapper support: <ulink
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| 74 | url="&patch-root;/parted-&parted-version;-devmapper-1.patch"/>
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| 75 | </para>
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| 76 | </listitem>
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| 77 | </itemizedlist>
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| 78 | This seems to be unneeded now. The fix was merged. -->
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Parted Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 82 | <para role="recommended">
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| 83 | <xref linkend="lvm2"/> (device-mapper, required if building
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| 84 | <application>udisks</application>)
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| 85 | </para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 88 | <para role="optional">
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| 89 | <xref linkend="dosfstools"/>,
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| 90 | <xref linkend="pth"/>,
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| 91 | <xref linkend="texlive"/> (or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>), and
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| 92 | <ulink url="https://metacpan.org/pod/Digest::CRC">Digest::CRC</ulink> (for tests)
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| 93 | </para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 96 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/parted"/>
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 | </sect2>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <sect2 role="kernel" id="parted-kernel">
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| 101 | <title>Optional Kernel Configuration for Tests</title>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <para>
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| 104 | About 20 % more tests are run if the following kernel module is built:
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| 105 | </para>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <screen><literal>Device Drivers --->
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| 108 | SCSI device support --->
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| 109 | [*] SCSI low-level drivers ---> [CONFIG_SCSI_LOW_LEVEL]
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| 110 | <M> SCSI debugging host and device simulator [CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG]</literal></screen>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <indexterm zone="parted parted-kernel">
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| 113 | <primary sortas="d-parted">parted</primary>
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| 114 | </indexterm>
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| 115 | </sect2>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 118 | <title>Installation of parted</title>
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| 119 | <!--
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| 120 | <para>
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| 121 | If you want to build without device mapper support, a fix is necessary:
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| 122 | </para>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../parted-&parted-version;-devmapper-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 125 | -->
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| 126 | <para>
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| 127 | Install <application>Parted</application> by running the following
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| 128 | commands:
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| 129 | </para>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
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| 132 | make &&
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| 133 |
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| 134 | make -C doc html &&
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| 135 | makeinfo --html -o doc/html doc/parted.texi &&
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| 136 | makeinfo --plaintext -o doc/parted.txt doc/parted.texi</userinput></screen>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <para>
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| 139 | If you have <xref linkend="texlive"/> installed and wish to create
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| 140 | PDF and Postscript documentation issue the following commands:
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| 141 | </para>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <screen remap="doc"><userinput>cp build-aux/texinfo.tex doc &&
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| 144 | texi2pdf -o doc/parted.pdf doc/parted.texi &&
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| 145 | texi2dvi -o doc/parted.dvi doc/parted.texi &&
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| 146 | dvips -o doc/parted.ps doc/parted.dvi</userinput></screen>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <para>
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| 149 | To test the results, issue, as the <systemitem
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| 150 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 151 | </para>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <screen role="root"
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| 154 | remap="test"><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <!-- For devs: several tests are skipped with the message
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| 157 | "FS test with sector size != 512". This is expected since the same tests
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| 158 | are run with simulated sector of 1024, 2048, and 4096 bytes; only the
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| 159 | last group of tests is done with simulated sector size of 512, so that
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| 160 | less tests are skipped.
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| 161 |
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| 162 | When I ran these tests over ssh, it really made my xfce environment
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| 163 | unusable. Restarting xfce fixed things, but I don't want to retry
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| 164 | right now. - Bruce
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| 165 | -->
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| 166 | <note>
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| 167 | <para>
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| 168 | Many tests are skipped if not run as the <systemitem
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| 169 | class="username">root</systemitem> user.
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| 170 | </para>
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| 171 | </note>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <para>
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| 174 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 175 | </para>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 178 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/parted-&parted-version;/html &&
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| 179 | install -v -m644 doc/html/* \
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| 180 | /usr/share/doc/parted-&parted-version;/html &&
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| 181 | install -v -m644 doc/{FAT,API,parted.{txt,html}} \
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| 182 | /usr/share/doc/parted-&parted-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <para>
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| 185 | Install the optional PDF and Postscript documentation by issuing the
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| 186 | following command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 187 | user:
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| 188 | </para>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <screen role="root"
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| 191 | remap="doc"><userinput>install -v -m644 doc/FAT doc/API doc/parted.{pdf,ps,dvi} \
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| 192 | /usr/share/doc/parted-&parted-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 193 | </sect2>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 196 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 199 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <para>
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| 202 | <option>--disable-device-mapper</option>: This option disables device
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| 203 | mapper support. Add this parameter if you have not installed
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| 204 | <application>LVM2</application>.
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| 205 | </para>
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| 206 | </sect2>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 209 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <segmentedlist>
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| 212 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 213 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 214 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <seglistitem>
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| 217 | <seg>
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| 218 | parted and
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| 219 | partprobe
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| 220 | </seg>
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| 221 | <seg>
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| 222 | libparted.so and
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| 223 | libparted-fs-resize.so</seg>
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| 224 | <seg>
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| 225 | /usr/include/parted and
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| 226 | /usr/share/doc/parted-&parted-version;</seg>
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| 227 | </seglistitem>
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| 228 | </segmentedlist>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <variablelist>
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| 231 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 232 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 233 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <varlistentry id="parted-prog">
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| 236 | <term><command>parted</command></term>
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| 237 | <listitem>
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| 238 | <para>
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| 239 | is a partition manipulation program
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| 240 | </para>
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| 241 | <indexterm zone="parted parted-prog">
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| 242 | <primary sortas="b-parted">parted</primary>
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| 243 | </indexterm>
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| 244 | </listitem>
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| 245 | </varlistentry>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <varlistentry id="partprobe">
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| 248 | <term><command>partprobe</command></term>
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| 249 | <listitem>
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| 250 | <para>
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| 251 | informs the OS of partition table changes
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| 252 | </para>
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| 253 | <indexterm zone="parted partprobe">
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| 254 | <primary sortas="b-partprobe">partprobe</primary>
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| 255 | </indexterm>
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| 256 | </listitem>
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| 257 | </varlistentry>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <varlistentry id="libparted">
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| 260 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libparted.so</filename></term>
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| 261 | <listitem>
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| 262 | <para>
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| 263 | contains the <application>Parted</application> API functions
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| 264 | </para>
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| 265 | <indexterm zone="parted libparted">
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| 266 | <primary sortas="c-libparted">libparted.so</primary>
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| 267 | </indexterm>
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| 268 | </listitem>
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| 269 | </varlistentry>
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| 270 | </variablelist>
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| 271 | </sect2>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | </sect1>
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