Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-05-24

Chapter 12. System Utilities

Parted-3.1

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-7.1 platform.

Package Information

Parted Dependencies

Recommended

lvm-2.02.88 (device-mapper, 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 --disable-static &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

--disable-device-mapper: This option disables device mapper support. Add this parameter if you have not installed LVM2.

Contents

Installed Programs: parted and partprobe
Installed Library: libparted.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/parted

Short Descriptions

parted

is a partition manipulation program.

partprobe

informs the OS of partition table changes.

libparted.so

contains the Parted API functions.

Last updated on 2012-05-05 15:59:49 +0000