Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.2

Chapter 5. File Systems and Disk Management

gptfdisk-1.0.10

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.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.2 platform.

Package Information

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gptfdisk Dependencies

Required

popt-1.19

Optional

ICU-75.1

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 and fix some minor location issues. Install gptfdisk by running the following commands: 

patch -Np1 -i ../gptfdisk-1.0.10-convenience-1.patch &&
sed -i 's|ncursesw/||' gptcurses.cc &&
sed -i 's|sbin|usr/sbin|' Makefile  &&

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.

Contents

Installed Programs: cgdisk, gdisk, fixparts, and sgdisk

Short Descriptions

cgdisk

is an ncurses-based tool for manipulating GPT partitions

gdisk

is an interactive text-mode tool for manipulating GPT partitions

fixparts

repairs mis-formatted MBR based disk partitions

sgdisk

is a partition manipulation program for GPT partitions similar to sfdisk