Enhanced INSTALL section of README
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2008-04-26 Curtis Gedak <gedakc@gmail.com>
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* README: Enhanced INSTALL information
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- Closes GParted bug 529625
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2008-04-25 Curtis Gedak <gedakc@gmail.com>
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* README: Updated to better align with GNU coding standards
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- Closes GParted bug 529625
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2008-04-23 Curtis Gedak <gedakc@gmail.com>
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systems, reorganizing disk usage, and mirroring one partition with
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another (disk imaging).
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Gparted uses GNU libparted to detect and manipulate devices and
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partition tables. Several optional packages provide additional file
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system support. Optional packages include:
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e2fsprogs, dosfstools, mtools, hfsutils, jfsutils,
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ntfsprogs, reiser4progs, reiserfsprogs, and xfsprogs.
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Gparted can also be used with storage devices other than hard disks,
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such as USB flash drives, and memory cards.
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INSTALL
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Installation instructions can be found in the file:
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INSTALL
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a. Pre-built Binary
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Many GNU/Linux distributions already provide a pre-built binary
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package for GParted. Instructions on how to install GParted on
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some distributions is given below:
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(K)Ubuntu
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sudo apt-get install gparted
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Fedora
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------
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su -
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yum install gparted
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b. Building from Source
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Building Gparted from source requires that several dependencies are
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installed. These include:
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g++
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e2fsprogs
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parted
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gtkmm24
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gettext
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On (K)Ubuntu, these dependencies may be obtained by running the
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following command;
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sudo apt-get install build-essential e2fsprogs uuid uuid-dev \
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gnome-common libparted-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev
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On Fedora, you will need to run (as root);
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yum install gtkmm24-devel parted-devel e2fsprogs-devel gettext \
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perl(XML::Parser) desktop-file-utils
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The INSTALL file contains further GNU installation instructions.
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COPYING
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DISTRIBUTION NOTES
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The following notes are intended to assist GNU/Linux distribution
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packagers. More information on GParted features can be found at:
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http://gparted.sourceforge.net/features.php
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Gparted uses GNU libparted to detect and manipulate devices and partition
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tables. Several optional packages provide additional file system support.
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Optional packages include:
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GParted Dependencies:
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libparted
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libuuid
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libdl
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libgtkmm
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Optional (suggested) packages:
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e2fsprogs
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dosfstools
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mtools
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