compile & install e2fsprogs from source

[reggler]

Hi,

I'm trying to compile & install gparted from source and it requires e2fsprogs for installation. I have downloaded e2fsprogs, ./configure went fine, make went fine but then when I do make install, it gives me the following:

You don't have a working TeX binary installed, but the texi2dvi script
can't proceed without it. If you want to use this script, you have to
install some kind of TeX, for example TeX Live Debian packages. You can do
that with this command:
       apt-get install texlive
make[1]: [libext2fs.dvi] Error 1 (ignored)
        MKINSTALLDIRS /usr/share/info
        INSTALL_DATA /usr/share/info/libext2fs.info
        GZIP /usr/share/info/libext2fs.info*
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/reg/Downloads/e2fsprogs-1.42.8/doc'
if test ! -d e2fsck && test ! -d debugfs && test ! -d misc && test ! -d ext2ed ; then make install-libs ; fi
root@DesktopOffice:~/Downloads/e2fsprogs-1.42.8#

I have installed TeX and added it to PATH but still can't get rid of it:

# latex small2e
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/small2e.tex
LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
Babel <3.9f> and hyphenation patterns for 78 languages loaded.
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
No file small2e.aux.
(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/omscmr.fd) [1]
(./small2e.aux) )
Output written on small2e.dvi (1 page, 1780 bytes).
Transcript written on small2e.log.
root@DesktopOffice:~/Downloads/install-tl-20130830# tex
This is TeX, Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2013)
**

What do I need to do to get e2fsprogs to install properly?

[Rog132]

Compiling

Looking needed packages from the Ubuntu source: http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/e2fsprogs :

Build-Depends: texi2html (>= 1.76), gettext, texinfo, pkg-config, gcc-multilib [mips mipsel], debhelper (>= 7.0), libblkid-dev (>= 2.16), uuid-dev (>= 2.16), m4

Debhelper is needed to wrap to the deb package.


How I would try

1. I would download the sources from the Ubuntu: http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/e2fsprogs or from the Debian: http://packages.debian.org/jessie/e2fsprogs

Download Source Package e2fsprogs:
[e2fsprogs_1.42.8-1ubuntu1.dsc]
[e2fsprogs_1.42.8.orig.tar.gz]
[e2fsprogs_1.42.8-1ubuntu1.debian.tar.gz]

Unpack them:

dpkg-source -x *.dsc

2. Install:

- build-essential
- fakeroot
- dpkg-dev
- those 'Build-Depends' packages

3. Compile and build the deb package(s)

dpkg-buildpackage -b -rfakeroot -us -uc

man dpkg-buildpackage

NAME
dpkg-buildpackage - build binary or source packages from sources

SYNOPSIS
dpkg-buildpackage [option...]

OPTIONS
-b Specifies a binary-only build, no source files are to be built and/or distributed. Passed to
dpkg-genchanges.

-rgain-root-command
When dpkg-buildpackage needs to execute part of the build process as root, it prefixes the com‐
mand it executes with gain-root-command if one has been specified. Otherwise, if none has been
specified, fakeroot will be used by default,...

-us Do not sign the source package.

-uc Do not sign the .changes file.

Links

Compiling things on Ubuntu the Easy Way: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo
Compiling Software: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware

[vinnywright]

OK so curiosity is getting the better of me ,,,,, why do you want to compile Gparted ,,,,and e2fsprogs is part of a default install ,,,so why is it missing?
I know , I know ...... stop asking dumb questions Vinny

But I am curious

VINNY

[reggler]

OK so curiosity is getting the better of me ,,,,, why do you want to compile Gparted ,,,,and e2fsprogs is part of a default install ,,,so why is it missing?
I know , I know ...... stop asking dumb questions Vinny

But I am curious

VINNY

Okay, my system is on the brink of the cliff. apt-get doesn't work anymore (see thread http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...ource&p=334266) and in order to reinstall, I would like to create a separate partition for my home directory (everything is on one,currently) and doing some rather quick Googling, I found that GParted (I know it's for Gnome) will help me, do exactly that...

[reggler]

OK so curiosity is getting the better of me ,,,,, why do you want to compile Gparted ,,,,and e2fsprogs is part of a default install ,,,so why is it missing?
I know , I know ...... stop asking dumb questions Vinny

But I am curious

VINNY

And this is what I get when compiling intltool (depency from GParted):

hdr_check.h:1:23: fatal error: uuid/uuid.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

*** ERROR: <uuid/uuid.h> seems to be missing ***
please install libuuid from e2fsprogs (available as uuid-dev on debian)

root@DesktopOffice:~/Downloads/Data-UUID-LibUUID-0.05#

thus i wanted to installe2fsprogs

[vinnywright]

sounds like it would be easyer for you to DL a Gparted live .iso and burn it to a cd or make a live usb from it.

VINNY

[vinnywright]

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php


VINNY

[kubicle]

And this is what I get when compiling intltool (depency from GParted):

hdr_check.h:1:23: fatal error: uuid/uuid.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

*** ERROR: <uuid/uuid.h> seems to be missing ***
please install libuuid from e2fsprogs (available as uuid-dev on debian)

thus i wanted to installe2fsprogs

Like the error says, you'd need to install package "uuid-dev" (development headers for uuid) for /usr/include/uuid/uuid.h

But you really should elaborate what and why you're trying to accomplish (otherwise this will quickly turn into a wild goose chase for which development packages you need):

1. Why do you wish/need to build gparted?
2. Why do you wish/need to build it's dependencies (like dev headers) instead of installing them?

[reggler]

turns out, e2fsprogs compiled just fine and all i had to do was "make install" and "make install-libs".
Got *parted* installed on my system now

[dibl]

Got *parted* installed on my system now

STOP!

You can't re-partition the hard drive from the OS running on it!

Make the GParted Live CD as vinny suggested, or a Parted Magic Live CD/USB stick, boot that, and then you can shrink your existing OS partition and make a new partition in the resulting unallocated space that will be large enough for your user data. Then reboot your system to your Kubuntu OS and mount the new partition, and copy your data over to it.