From 73aedd1d35747ff2fad4ddf514dca810721a612a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 22:31:50 +0000
Subject: Merging caption and installation sections for all packages in
 chapters 5 and 6.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3052 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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 chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml')

diff --git a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
index 412e99fe6..d9ff51cb9 100644
--- a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,61 @@ Estimated required disk space:  &e2fsprogs-compsize;</screen>
 
 &aa-e2fsprogs-shortdesc;
 &aa-e2fsprogs-dep;
-&c6-e2fsprogs-inst;
+
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Installation of E2fsprogs</title>
+
+<para>It is recommended to build E2fsprogs outside of the
+source tree:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>mkdir ../e2fsprogs-build
+cd ../e2fsprogs-build</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>../e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;/configure --prefix=/usr --with-root-prefix="" \
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--enable-elf-shlibs</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para><userinput>--with-root-prefix=""</userinput>: Certain
+programs (such as the e2fsck program) are considered essential programs.
+When, for example, <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> isn't
+mounted, these essential program have to be available. They belong in
+directories like <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
+<filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option isn't passed
+to E2fsprogs's configure, the programs are placed in the
+<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory, which is not what we
+want.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-elf-shlibs</userinput>: This creates
+the shared libraries which some programs in this package make use
+of.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
+checks to ensure it built correctly.  Should you choose to run it, the 
+following command will do so:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Install most of the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>And install also the shared libraries:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make install-libs</userinput></screen>
+
+</sect2>
+
 
 </sect1>
+
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