Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-01-16

Chapter 11. System Utilities

Parted-3.0

Introduction to Parted

The Parted package is a disk partitioning and partition resizing tool.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

Parted Dependencies

Optional

device-mapper-1.02.67 (Required if building udisks)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/parted

Installation of Parted

Install Parted by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --enable-device-mapper=no &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-device-mapper=no: This parameter disables device mapper support. Remove this parameter if you have Device-mapper installed.

Contents

Installed Programs: parted and partprobe
Installed Library: libparted.{so,a}
Installed Directory: /usr/include/parted

Short Descriptions

parted

is a partition manipulation program.

partprobe

informs the OS of partition table changes.

libparted.{so,a}

contains the Parted API functions.

Last updated on 2011-11-10 16:39:50 +0000