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<sect1 id="ch-tools-e2fsprogs" role="wrap">
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  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>e2fsprogs</productname>
    <productnumber>&e2fsprogs-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&e2fsprogs-url;</address>
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  <title>E2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-tools-e2fsprogs">
    <primary sortas="a-E2fsprogs">E2fsprogs</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&e2fsprogs-ch5-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&e2fsprogs-ch5-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of E2fsprogs</title>

    <para>The E2fsprogs documentation recommends that the package be built in
    a subdirectory of the source tree: </para>

<screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -v build
cd build</userinput></screen>

    <para>Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">../configure --prefix=/tools --disable-libblkid --disable-libuuid</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the new configure option:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-libblkid</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This prevents E2fsprogs from building its own copy of the
          libblkid library, which Util-Linux-NG provides.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-libuuid</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This prevents E2fsprogs from building its own copy of the
          libuuid library, which Util-Linux-NG provides.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the static libraries and headers required by Util-linux:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make install-libs</userinput></screen>

    <para>Make the installed static libraries writable so debugging symbols can
    be removed later:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">chmod -v u+w \
    /tools/lib/{libcom_err,libe2p,libext2fs,libss}.a</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title/>

    <para>Details on this package are located in
    <xref linkend="contents-e2fsprogs" role="."/></para>
  </sect2>

</sect1>
