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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-tools-util-linux" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?>
10
11 <sect1info condition="script">
12 <productname>util-linux</productname>
13 <productnumber>&util-linux-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&util-linux-url;</address>
15 </sect1info>
16
17 <title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
18
19 <indexterm zone="ch-tools-util-linux">
20 <primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary>
21 <secondary>tools</secondary>
22 </indexterm>
23
24 <sect2 role="package">
25 <title/>
26
27 <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.</para>
28
29 <segmentedlist>
30 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
31 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
32
33 <seglistitem>
34 <seg>&util-linux-tmp-sbu;</seg>
35 <seg>&util-linux-tmp-du;</seg>
36 </seglistitem>
37 </segmentedlist>
38
39 </sect2>
40
41 <sect2 role="installation">
42 <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
43
44 <para>The FHS recommends using the <filename
45 class="directory">/var/lib/hwclock</filename> directory instead of the
46 usual <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> directory as the
47 location for the <filename>adjtime</filename> file. Create this directory
48 with:</para>
49
50<screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
51
52 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
53
54<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
55 --libdir=/usr/lib \
56 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
57 --disable-chfn-chsh \
58 --disable-login \
59 --disable-nologin \
60 --disable-su \
61 --disable-setpriv \
62 --disable-runuser \
63 --disable-pylibmount \
64 --disable-static \
65 --without-python \
66 runstatedir=/run</userinput></screen>
67
68 <variablelist>
69 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
70
71 <varlistentry>
72 <term><parameter>ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime</parameter></term>
73 <listitem>
74 <para>This sets the location of the file recording information about
75 the hardware clock in accordance to the FHS. This is not strictly
76 needed for this temporary tool, but it prevents creating a file
77 at another location, which would not be overwritten or removed
78 when building the final util-linux package.</para>
79 </listitem>
80 </varlistentry>
81
82 <varlistentry>
83 <term><parameter>--libdir=/usr/lib</parameter></term>
84 <listitem>
85 <para>This switch ensures the
86 <filename class="extension">.so</filename> symlinks targeting
87 the shared library file in the same directory
88 (<filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>) directly.</para>
89 </listitem>
90 </varlistentry>
91
92 <varlistentry>
93 <term><parameter>--disable-*</parameter></term>
94 <listitem>
95 <para>These switches prevent warnings about building components
96 that require packages not in LFS or not installed yet.</para>
97 </listitem>
98 </varlistentry>
99
100 <varlistentry>
101 <term><parameter>--without-python</parameter></term>
102 <listitem>
103 <para>This switch disables using <application>Python</application>.
104 It avoids trying to build unneeded bindings.</para>
105 </listitem>
106 </varlistentry>
107
108 <varlistentry>
109 <term><parameter>runstatedir=/run</parameter></term>
110 <listitem>
111 <para>This switch sets the location of the socket used by
112 <command>uuidd</command> and
113 <filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename> correctly.</para>
114 </listitem>
115 </varlistentry>
116
117 </variablelist>
118
119 <para>Compile the package:</para>
120
121<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
122
123 <para>Install the package:</para>
124
125<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
126
127 </sect2>
128
129 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
130 <!-- Multilib - 32bit -->
131 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
132
133 <sect2 arch="ml_32,ml_all" role="installation">
134 <title>Installation of Util-linux - 32-bit</title>
135
136 <para>Clean previous build:</para>
137
138<screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
139
140 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
141
142<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -m32" \
143./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
144 --libdir=/usr/lib32 \
145 --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
146 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
147 --disable-chfn-chsh \
148 --disable-login \
149 --disable-nologin \
150 --disable-su \
151 --disable-setpriv \
152 --disable-runuser \
153 --disable-pylibmount \
154 --disable-static \
155 --without-python \
156 runstatedir=/run</userinput></screen>
157
158 <para>Compile the package:</para>
159
160<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
161
162 <para>Install the package:</para>
163
164<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
165cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32
166rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
167
168 </sect2><!-- m32 -->
169
170 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
171 <!-- Multilib - x32bit -->
172 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
173
174 <sect2 arch="ml_x32,ml_all" role="installation">
175 <title>Installation of Util-linux - x32-bit</title>
176
177 <para>Clean previous build:</para>
178
179<screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
180
181 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
182
183<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" \
184./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
185 --libdir=/usr/libx32 \
186 --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32 \
187 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
188 --disable-chfn-chsh \
189 --disable-login \
190 --disable-nologin \
191 --disable-su \
192 --disable-setpriv \
193 --disable-runuser \
194 --disable-pylibmount \
195 --disable-static \
196 --without-python \
197 runstatedir=/run</userinput></screen>
198
199 <para>Compile the package:</para>
200
201<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
202
203 <para>Install the package:</para>
204
205<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
206cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/libx32/* /usr/libx32
207rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
208
209 </sect2><!-- mx32 -->
210
211 <sect2 role="content">
212 <title/>
213
214 <para>Details on this package are located in <xref linkend="contents-utillinux" role="."/></para>
215
216 </sect2>
217
218</sect1>
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