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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 |
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[cc09c07] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-tools-util-linux" role="wrap" revision="systemd">
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[cb23c1a] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>util-linux</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&util-linux-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&util-linux-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-tools-util-linux">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary>
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[448e226] | 21 | <secondary>tools</secondary>
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[cb23c1a] | 22 | </indexterm>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 25 | <title/>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.</para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <segmentedlist>
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| 30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <seglistitem>
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| 34 | <seg>&util-linux-ch5-sbu;</seg>
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| 35 | <seg>&util-linux-ch5-du;</seg>
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| 36 | </seglistitem>
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| 37 | </segmentedlist>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | </sect2>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 42 | <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
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| 45 |
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[98d9003] | 46 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools \
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[14109e7] | 47 | --without-python \
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[8ad94ab] | 48 | --disable-makeinstall-chown \
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| 49 | --without-systemdsystemunitdir \
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[98d9003] | 50 | --without-ncurses \
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[a840e59] | 51 | PKG_CONFIG=""</userinput></screen>
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[cb23c1a] | 52 |
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| 53 | <variablelist>
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| 54 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
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| 55 |
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[14109e7] | 56 | <varlistentry>
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| 57 | <term><parameter>--without-python</parameter></term>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>This switch disables using <application>Python</application>
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| 60 | if it is installed on the host system. It avoids trying to build
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| 61 | unneeded bindings.</para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | </varlistentry>
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| 64 |
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[cb23c1a] | 65 | <varlistentry>
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| 66 | <term><parameter>--disable-makeinstall-chown</parameter></term>
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| 67 | <listitem>
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| 68 | <para>This switch disables using the <command>chown</command> command
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| 69 | during installation. This is not needed when installing into the
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| 70 | /tools directory and avoids the necessity of installing as
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| 71 | root.</para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </varlistentry>
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[71e0f49] | 74 |
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[98d9003] | 75 | <varlistentry>
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| 76 | <term><parameter>--without-ncurses</parameter></term>
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| 77 | <listitem>
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| 78 | <para>This switch disables using the ncurses library for
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| 79 | the build process. This is not needed when installing into the
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| 80 | /tools directory and avoids problems on some host distros.</para>
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| 81 | </listitem>
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| 82 | </varlistentry>
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| 83 |
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[71e0f49] | 84 | <varlistentry>
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| 85 | <term><parameter>--without-systemdsystemunitdir</parameter></term>
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| 86 | <listitem>
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| 87 | <para>On systems that use systemd, the package tries to install
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| 88 | a systemd specific file to a non-existent directory in /tools.
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| 89 | This switch disables the unnecessary action.</para>
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| 90 | </listitem>
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| 91 | </varlistentry>
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[8ad94ab] | 92 |
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| 93 | <varlistentry>
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| 94 | <term><envar>PKG_CONFIG=""</envar></term>
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| 95 | <listitem>
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[bfd117b] | 96 | <para>Setting this environment variable prevents adding unneeded
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[de7475be] | 97 | features that may be available on the host. Note that the location
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| 98 | shown for setting this environment variable is different from other
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[e043985] | 99 | LFS sections where variables are set preceding the command. This
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[de7475be] | 100 | location is shown to demonstrate an alternative way of setting an
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| 101 | environment variable when using configure.</para>
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[8ad94ab] | 102 | </listitem>
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| 103 | </varlistentry>
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[cb23c1a] | 104 | </variablelist>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | </sect2>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | </sect1>
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