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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+ %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="ch-tools-util-linux" role="wrap">
+ <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?>
+
+ <sect1info condition="script">
+ <productname>util-linux</productname>
+ <productnumber>&util-linux-version;</productnumber>
+ <address>&util-linux-url;</address>
+ </sect1info>
+
+ <title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
+
+ <indexterm zone="ch-tools-util-linux">
+ <primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <sect2 role="package">
+ <title/>
+
+ <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.</para>
+
+ <segmentedlist>
+ <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
+ <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>&util-linux-ch5-sbu;</seg>
+ <seg>&util-linux-ch5-du;</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 role="installation">
+ <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
+
+ <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools --disable-makeinstall-chown</userinput></screen>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>--disable-makeinstall-chown</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This switch disables using the <command>chown</command> command
+ during installation. This is not needed when installing into the
+ /tools directory and avoids the necessity of installing as
+ root.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+</sect1>