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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 gparted-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/gparted/gparted-&gparted-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY gparted-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY gparted-md5sum "1b2de7823b39684d0cba1ddaad3a9cd5">
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10 | <!ENTITY gparted-size "4.0 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY gparted-buildsize "76 MB (add 60 MB for tests)">
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12 | <!ENTITY gparted-time "0.3 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 0.2 SBU for tests)">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="gparted" xreflabel="Gparted-&gparted-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="gparted.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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20 | </sect1info>
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21 |
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22 | <title>Gparted-&gparted-version;</title>
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23 |
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24 | <indexterm zone="gparted">
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25 | <primary sortas="a-Gparted">Gparted</primary>
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26 | </indexterm>
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27 |
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28 | <sect2 role="package">
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29 | <title>Introduction to Gparted</title>
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30 |
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31 | <para>
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32 | Gparted is the Gnome Partition Editor, a Gtk 3 GUI for other command line
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33 | tools that can create, reorganise or delete disk partitions.
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34 | </para>
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35 |
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36 | &lfs110a_checked;
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37 |
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38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>
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42 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gparted-download-http;"/>
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43 | </para>
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44 | </listitem>
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>
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47 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gparted-download-ftp;"/>
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48 | </para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>
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52 | Download MD5 sum: &gparted-md5sum;
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53 | </para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>
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57 | Download size: &gparted-size;
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58 | </para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | <listitem>
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61 | <para>
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62 | Estimated disk space required: &gparted-buildsize;
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63 | </para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | <listitem>
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66 | <para>
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67 | Estimated build time: &gparted-time;
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68 | </para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | </itemizedlist>
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71 |
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72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Gparted Dependencies</bridgehead>
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73 |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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75 | <para role="required">
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76 | <!-- GTKMM2 is no longer used since 1.0.0, see #12110 -->
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77 | <xref linkend="gtkmm3"/> and
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78 | <xref linkend="parted"/>
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79 | </para>
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80 |
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81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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82 | <para role="optional">
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83 | <xref linkend="btrfs-progs"/> (if using a btrfs filesystem),
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84 | <ulink url="https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs">exfatprogs</ulink>, and
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85 | <ulink url="https://github.com/pali/udftools">udftools</ulink>
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86 | </para>
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87 |
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88 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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89 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gparted"/>
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90 | </para>
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91 | </sect2>
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92 |
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93 | <sect2 role="installation">
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94 | <title>Installation of Gparted</title>
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95 |
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96 | <para>
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97 | Install <application>Gparted</application> by running the following
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98 | commands:
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99 | </para>
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100 |
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101 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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102 | --disable-doc \
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103 | --disable-static &&
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104 | make</userinput></screen>
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105 |
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106 | <para>
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107 | To run the tests, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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108 | </para>
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109 |
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110 | <para>
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111 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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112 | </para>
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113 |
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114 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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115 |
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116 | </sect2>
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117 |
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118 | <sect2 role="commands">
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119 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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120 |
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121 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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122 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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123 |
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124 | <para>
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125 | <parameter>--disable-doc</parameter>: This switch disables building of
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126 | the optional documentation. Remove it if you have installed
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127 | <application>GNOME Doc Utils</application>.
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128 | </para>
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129 |
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130 | <!-- this is an option, not a parameter, but is it still necessary for
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131 | wayland? -->
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132 | <para>
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133 | <option>--enable-xhost-root</option>: This switch provides an
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134 | interim workaround to allow GParted to run under Wayland by using xhost
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135 | to grant and revoke root access to the X11 display.
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136 | </para>
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137 |
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138 | </sect2>
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139 |
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140 | <sect2 role="using">
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141 | <title>Using Gparted</title>
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142 |
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143 | <para>
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144 | To manipulate file systems Gparted has a run time dependency on various
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145 | file system tools (you only need to install the tools for file systems you
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146 | actually use):
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147 | <xref linkend="hdparm"/>
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148 | (required for optionally displaying serial number device information),
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149 | <xref linkend="btrfs-progs"/>,
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150 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="dosfstools"/>,
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151 | e2fsprogs (installed as part of LFS),
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152 | <xref linkend="jfsutils"/>,
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153 | <!--<xref linkend="ntfs-3g"/>,-->
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154 | <xref linkend="reiserfs"/>,
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155 | <xref linkend="xfsprogs"/>,
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156 | <ulink url="https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/mtools/">mtools</ulink> (required
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157 | to read and write FAT16/32 volume labels and UUIDs),
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158 | <ulink url="ftp://ftp.mars.org/pub/hfs/">hfsutils</ulink>,
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159 | <ulink url="https://packages.debian.org/sid/hfsprogs">hfsprogs</ulink>,
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160 | <ulink url="http://nilfs.sourceforge.io/en/">nilfs-utils</ulink> and
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161 | <ulink url="https://reiser4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Reiser4progs">
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162 | Reiser4progs</ulink>.
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163 | </para>
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164 |
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165 | <para>
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166 | Root privileges are required to run Gparted. If you wish to run the
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167 | application from the menu, further applications and configurations are
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168 | necessary. Examples of applications that may be used:
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169 | <ulink url="http://people.debian.org/~kov/gksu">gksu</ulink>,
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170 | <ulink url="https://launchpad.net/kdesudo">kdesudo</ulink>, or
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171 | <ulink url="https://github.com/tarakbumba/xdg-su">xdg-su</ulink>.
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172 | <!--Another solution is to use <application>pkexec</application>, from
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173 | <xref linkend="polkit"/>, but some configuration is necessary.-->
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174 | Another simple solution is <xref linkend="ssh-askpass"/>. <!--Below, we
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175 | describe these two alternatives: "ssh-askpass" and "pkexec".-->
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176 | </para>
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177 |
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178 | <sect3 role="ssh-askpass">
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179 | <title>ssh-askpass</title>
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180 | <para>
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181 | To optionally use <xref linkend="ssh-askpass"/> if it is installed in
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182 | your system, run the following commands as the
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183 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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184 | </para>
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185 |
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186 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cp -v /usr/share/applications/gparted.desktop /usr/share/applications/gparted.desktop.back &&
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187 | sed -i 's/Exec=/Exec=sudo -A /' /usr/share/applications/gparted.desktop</userinput></screen>
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188 |
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189 | <para>
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190 | Now, clicking on the menu item for Gparted, a dialog appears on the
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191 | screen, asking for the administrator password.</para>
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192 |
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193 | </sect3>
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194 | <!--
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195 | <sect3 role="pkexec" revision="sysv">
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196 | <title>pkexec</title>
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197 | <para>
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198 | To optionally use <application>pkexec</application>, you need <xref
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199 | linkend="polkit-gnome"/><!- - or <xref linkend="lxpolkit"/>- ->, and
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200 | <xref linkend="consolekit"/> installed with support to <xref
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201 | linkend="linux-pam"/> and <xref linkend="polkit"/>. As the
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202 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, configure <xref
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203 | linkend="gparted"/> and <xref linkend="polkit"/> with the following
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204 | commands:
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205 | </para>
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206 |
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207 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cp -v /usr/share/applications/gparted.desktop \
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208 | /usr/share/applications/gparted.desktop.back &&
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209 | sed -i 's:/usr/bin/gparted:/usr/bin/gparted_polkit:' \
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210 | /usr/share/applications/gparted.desktop &&
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211 |
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212 | cat > /usr/bin/gparted_polkit << "EOF" &&
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213 | <literal>#!/bin/bash
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214 |
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215 | pkexec /usr/bin/gparted $@</literal>
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216 | EOF
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217 | chmod -v 0755 /usr/bin/gparted_polkit</userinput></screen>
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218 |
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219 | <para>
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220 | Still as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
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221 | configure <xref linkend="polkit"/> and <xref linkend="gparted"/> to
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222 | use <application>pkexec</application>:
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223 | </para>
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224 |
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225 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gnome.gparted.policy << "EOF"
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226 | <literal><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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227 | <!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC
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228 | "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN"
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229 | "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1/policyconfig.dtd">
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230 | <policyconfig>
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231 |
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232 | <action id="org.freedesktop.policykit.pkexec.run-gparted">
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233 | <description>Run GParted</description>
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234 | <message>Authentication is required to run GParted</message>
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235 | <defaults>
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236 | <allow_any>no</allow_any>
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237 | <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
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238 | <allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>
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239 | </defaults>
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240 | <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/usr/bin/gparted</annotate>
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241 | <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.allow_gui">true</annotate>
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242 | </action>
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243 |
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244 | </policyconfig></literal>
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245 | EOF
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246 | chmod -v 0644 /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gnome.gparted.policy</userinput></screen>
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247 |
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248 | <para>
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249 | Now, clicking in the menu item for Gparted, a dialog appears in the
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250 | screen, asking for the administrator password.</para>
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251 |
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252 | </sect3>
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253 | -->
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254 | </sect2>
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255 |
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256 | <sect2 role="content">
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257 | <title>Contents</title>
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258 |
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259 | <segmentedlist>
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260 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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261 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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262 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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263 |
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264 | <seglistitem>
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265 | <seg>
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266 | gparted<!--, gpartedbin--> and gparted_polkit (optional)
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267 | </seg>
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268 | <seg>
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269 | None
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270 | </seg>
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271 | <seg>
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272 | None
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273 | </seg>
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274 | </seglistitem>
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275 | </segmentedlist>
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276 |
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277 | <variablelist>
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278 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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279 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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280 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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281 |
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282 | <varlistentry id="gparted-prog">
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283 | <term><command>gparted</command></term>
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284 | <listitem>
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285 | <para>
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286 | is a shell script which sets up the environment before calling
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287 | <command>gpartedbin</command>
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288 | </para>
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289 | <indexterm zone="gparted gparted-prog">
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290 | <primary sortas="b-gparted">gparted</primary>
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291 | </indexterm>
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292 | </listitem>
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293 | </varlistentry>
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294 |
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295 | <!--
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296 | <varlistentry id="gpartedbin">
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297 | <term><command>gpartedbin</command></term>
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298 | <listitem>
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299 | <para>
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300 | is the Gparted binary
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301 | </para>
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302 | <indexterm zone="gparted gpartedbin">
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303 | <primary sortas="b-gpartedbin">gpartedbin</primary>
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304 | </indexterm>
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305 | </listitem>
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306 | </varlistentry>
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307 | -->
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308 |
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309 | <varlistentry id="gparted_polkit">
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310 | <term><command>gparted_polkit</command></term>
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311 | <listitem>
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312 | <para>
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313 | is an optional script which can be used to run gparted with polkit,
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314 | from a menu
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315 | </para>
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316 | <indexterm zone="gparted gparted_polkit">
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317 | <primary sortas="b-gparted_polkit">gparted_polkit</primary>
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318 | </indexterm>
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319 | </listitem>
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320 | </varlistentry>
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321 |
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322 | </variablelist>
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323 |
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324 | </sect2>
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325 |
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326 | </sect1>
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