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@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ + To install the second extended file system management programs, +just follow the steps: + +1) Change directory into the top of the e2fsprogs source tree + +2) Create a build directory and cd into it: + + mkdir build; cd build + +3) Run the configure script + + ../configure + + If you wish to turn on ELF shared libraries, add the option +--enable-elf-shlibs. If you wish to build profiling libraries, add +the option --enable-profile. + + Note that if you are building on an older system (i.e., a 2.4 +kernel and/or glibc 2.2), the use of thread local storage will probably +cause programs that use the uuid library to core dump. To disable +thread local storage, use the configure option --disable-tls. + +4) Compile the programs + + make + +5) Check to make sure the installation built correctly: + + make check + +6) Install the programs + + Run `make install' + +7) Install the include files and libraries + + You can run `make install-libs' to install the include files and +libraries. Please note that this installation is not needed for the +programs to work. It is only needed if you expect to develop other +programs using the libraries or if you want to compile other program +using these libraries (like the 4.4BSD dump and restore port). + +8) Remove any pre-formatted man pages. + + Some distributions will have pre-formatted manual pages which +will always be displayed in preference to newer man pages in /usr/man. +If this is the case, you may need to manually remove them in order to +see the correct manual pages. The shell script in +install-utils/remove_preformat_manpages may be helpful in doing so. + +9) Make sure your /etc/fstab file is correct. + + Some distributions install an /etc/fstab which is missing the +fifth and sixth field of filesystem entry, which are the dump +frequency, and the fsck pass number, respectively. The problem with +this is that the getmntent() library routine interprets those missing +fields as "0", and a pass number of 0 is documented as meaning that +fsck should not check that particular filesystem. If your entries in +your /etc/fstab file look like this: + +/dev/hda4 / ext2 defaults + +you should add "1 1" at the end of each line, so that they look like this: + +/dev/hda4 / ext2 defaults 1 1 + + There is a script in install-utils/convfstab (donated by +Michael Weller) that may help you correct your /etc/fstab file. + |