| 1 | <sect1 id="ch-system-e2fsprogs" xreflabel="E2fsprogs">
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| 2 | <title>Installing E2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</title>
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| 3 | <?dbhtml filename="e2fsprogs.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para>The E2fsprogs package contains the utilities for handling the ext2
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| 6 | filesystem. It also supports the ext3 journaling filesystem.</para>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <screen>&buildtime; &e2fsprogs-time;
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| 9 | &diskspace; &e2fsprogs-compsize;</screen>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | &aa-e2fsprogs-down;
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| 12 | &aa-e2fsprogs-dep;
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect2>
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| 17 | <title>Installation of E2fsprogs</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <para>It is recommended to build E2fsprogs outside of the
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| 20 | source tree:</para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <screen><userinput>mkdir ../e2fsprogs-build
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| 23 | cd ../e2fsprogs-build</userinput></screen>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <para>Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:</para>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <screen><userinput>../&e2fsprogs-dir;/configure --prefix=/usr --with-root-prefix="" \
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| 28 | --enable-elf-shlibs</userinput></screen>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <itemizedlist>
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| 33 | <listitem><para><userinput>--with-root-prefix=""</userinput>: Certain
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| 34 | programs (such as the e2fsck program) are considered essential programs.
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| 35 | When, for example, <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> isn't
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| 36 | mounted, these essential programs have to be available. They belong in
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| 37 | directories like <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
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| 38 | <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option isn't passed
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| 39 | to E2fsprogs's configure, the programs are placed in the
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| 40 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory, which is not what we
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| 41 | want.</para></listitem>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <listitem><para><userinput>--enable-elf-shlibs</userinput>: This creates
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| 44 | the shared libraries which some programs in this package make use
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| 45 | of.</para></listitem>
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| 46 | </itemizedlist>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
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| 53 | checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the
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| 54 | following command will do so:</para>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <para>Install most of the package:</para>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <para>And install also the shared libraries:</para>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <screen><userinput>make install-libs</userinput></screen>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | </sect2>
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| 67 |
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| 68 |
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| 69 | &aa-e2fsprogs-shortdesc;
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| 70 | &aa-e2fsprogs-desc;
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| 71 |
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| 72 | </sect1>
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| 73 |
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