Details on this package are located in Section 6.17.2, “Contents of E2fsprogs.”
The E2fsprogs package contains the utilities for handling the
ext2 file system. It also supports
the ext3 journaling file system.
The E2fsprogs documentation recommends that the package be built in a subdirectory of the source tree:
mkdir -v build cd build
Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:
../configure --prefix=/tools
Compile the package:
make
Install the static libraries and headers required by Util-linux-ng:
make install-libs
Make the installed static libraries writable so debugging symbols can be removed later.
chmod -v u+w /tools/lib/{libblkid,libcom_err,libe2p,libext2fs,libss,libuuid}.a
Details on this package are located in Section 6.17.2, “Contents of E2fsprogs.”