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Installed Programs:
cgdisk, gdisk, fixparts, and sgdisk
gptfdisk-1.0.9
Introduction to gptfdisk
The gptfdisk package is a set of programs for creation and maintenance of GUID Partition Table (GPT) disk drives. A GPT partitioned disk is required for drives greater than 2 TB and is a modern replacement for legacy PC-BIOS partitioned disk drives that use a Master Boot Record (MBR). The main program, gdisk, has an interface similar to the classic fdisk program.
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Note
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Package Information
Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gptfdisk/gptfdisk-1.0.9.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 01c11ecfa454096543562e3068530e01
Download size: 212 KB
Estimated disk space required: 2.3 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU (add 0.2 SBU for tests)
Additional Downloads
gptfdisk Dependencies
Required
Optional
Installation of gptfdisk
The gptfdisk package comes with a
rudimentary Makefile. First we update it
to provide a simple build and install interface and fix the
location of a header file as well fixing an issue introduced
by a recent version of popt.
Install gptfdisk by running the following
commands:
patch -Np1 -i ../gptfdisk-1.0.9-convenience-1.patch && sed -i 's|ncursesw/||' gptcurses.cc && sed -i 's|sbin|usr/sbin|' Makefile && sed -i '/UUID_H/s/^.*$/#if defined (_UUID_UUID_H) || defined (_UL_LIBUUID_UUID_H)/' guid.cc && sed -i "/device =/s/= \(.*\);/= strdup(\1);/" gptcl.cc && make
To test the results, issue: make test.
Now, as the root user:
make install
Command Explanations
patch -Np1 ...: This patch modifies the
Makefile file so that it provides an
“install” target.