5.32. Util-linux-ng-2.13.1

The Util-linux-ng package contains miscellaneous utility programs. Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions, and messages.

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs/wiki/util-linux-ng

5.32.1. Installation of Util-linux-ng

Prepare Util-linux-ng for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Only a few of the utilities contained in this package need to be built:

make -C mount mount umount
make -C text-utils more

Copy these programs to the temporary tools directory:

cp -v mount/{,u}mount text-utils/more /tools/bin

Details on this package are located in Section 6.60.3, “Contents of Util-linux-ng.”