source: chapter07/util-linux.xml@ 2606939

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Last change on this file since 2606939 was 0ebda11, checked in by Thomas Trepl (Moody) <thomas@…>, 3 years ago

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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 stricly
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 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
145 --disable-chfn-chsh \
146 --disable-login \
147 --disable-nologin \
148 --disable-su \
149 --disable-setpriv \
150 --disable-runuser \
151 --disable-pylibmount \
152 --disable-static \
153 --without-python \
154 --libdir=/usr/lib32 \
155 --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu</userinput></screen>
156
157 <para>Compile the package:</para>
158
159<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
160
161 <para>Install the package:</para>
162
163<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
164cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/lib32/* /usr/lib32
165rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
166
167 </sect2><!-- m32 -->
168
169 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
170 <!-- Multilib - x32bit -->
171 <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
172
173 <sect2 arch="ml_x32,ml_all" role="installation">
174 <title>Installation of Util-linux - x32-bit</title>
175
176 <para>Clean previous build:</para>
177
178<screen><userinput remap="pre">make distclean</userinput></screen>
179
180 <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
181
182<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -mx32" \
183./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
184 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
185 --disable-chfn-chsh \
186 --disable-login \
187 --disable-nologin \
188 --disable-su \
189 --disable-setpriv \
190 --disable-runuser \
191 --disable-pylibmount \
192 --disable-static \
193 --without-python \
194 --libdir=/usr/libx32 \
195 --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32</userinput></screen>
196
197 <para>Compile the package:</para>
198
199<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
200
201 <para>Install the package:</para>
202
203<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
204cp -Rv DESTDIR/usr/libx32/* /usr/libx32
205rm -rf DESTDIR</userinput></screen>
206
207 </sect2><!-- mx32 -->
208
209 <sect2 role="content">
210 <title/>
211
212 <para>Details on this package are located in <xref linkend="contents-utillinux" role="."/></para>
213
214 </sect2>
215
216</sect1>
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