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<title>Installation of E2fsprogs</title>

<para>Prepare E2fsprogs to be compiled:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>
mkdir ../e2fsprogs-build &amp;&amp;
cd ../e2fsprogs-build &amp;&amp;
../e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;/configure --prefix=/usr --with-root-prefix="" \
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--enable-elf-shlibs
</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>

<para>And finish off installing the package:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>
make install &amp;&amp;
make install-libs &amp;&amp;
install-info /usr/share/info/libext2fs.info /usr/share/info/dir
</userinput></screen></para>

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<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><userinput>--with-root-prefix="":</userinput> The
reason for supplying this option is because of the setup of the
e2fsprogs Makefile. Some programs are essential for system use when,
for example, /usr isn't mounted (like the e2fsck program). These 
programs and libraries, therefore, belong in directories like /lib and 
/sbin. If this option isn't passed to E2fsprogs's configure, it places 
these programs in /usr, which is not what we want.</para>

<para><userinput>--enable-elf-shlibs:</userinput> This creates shared
libraries that some programs in this package can make use of.</para>

<para><userinput>make install-libs:</userinput> This installs the shared
libraries that are built.</para>

<para><userinput>install-info...:</userinput> This updates the
<filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file to include this package's
info pages to the index.</para>

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