glfs/general/sysutils/DeviceKit-disks.xml

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  <!ENTITY DeviceKit-disks-download-http "http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/DeviceKit-disks-&DeviceKit-disks-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY DeviceKit-disks-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY DeviceKit-disks-md5sum        "2771769829e544e8ffb64297084b9ed9">
  <!ENTITY DeviceKit-disks-size          "584 KB">
  <!ENTITY DeviceKit-disks-buildsize     "8 MB">
  <!ENTITY DeviceKit-disks-time          "0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="DeviceKit-disks" xreflabel="DeviceKit-disks-&DeviceKit-disks-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="DeviceKit-disks.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>DeviceKit-disks-&DeviceKit-disks-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="DeviceKit-disks">
    <primary sortas="a-DeviceKit-disks">DeviceKit-disks</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to DeviceKit-disks</title>

    <para>The <application>DeviceKit-disks</application> package is a daemon
    that provide interfaces to obtain information and perform operations on
    storage devices.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&DeviceKit-disks-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&DeviceKit-disks-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &DeviceKit-disks-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &DeviceKit-disks-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &DeviceKit-disks-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &DeviceKit-disks-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">DeviceKit-disks Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
    <xref linkend="libatasmart"/>,
    <xref linkend="parted"/> (with <xref linkend="Device-mapper"/>),
    <xref linkend="polkit"/>,
    <xref linkend="sg3_utils"/>, and
    <xref linkend="udev"/> (gudev)</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/DeviceKit-disks"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of DeviceKit-disks</title>

    <para>Install <application>DeviceKit-disks</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/DeviceKit-disks \
            --localstatedir=/var &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>devkit-disks, umount.devkit, devkit-disks-daemon,
        devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-collect,
        devkit-disks-helper-ata-smart-selftest,
        devkit-disks-helper-change-filesystem-label,
        devkit-disks-helper-change-luks-password,
        devkit-disks-helper-create-partition,
        devkit-disks-helper-create-partition-table,
        devkit-disks-helper-delete-partition, devkit-disks-helper-drive-detach,
        devkit-disks-helper-drive-poll, devkit-disks-helper-fstab-mounter,
        devkit-disks-helper-linux-md-check,
        devkit-disks-helper-linux-md-remove-component, devkit-disks-helper-mkfs,
        and devkit-disks-helper-modify-partition</seg>
        <seg>libdevkit-disks-action-lookup.{so,a}</seg>
        <seg>/usr/lib/DeviceKit-disks,
        /var/{lib/DeviceKit-disks,run/DeviceKit-disks}</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="devkit-disks">
        <term><command>devkit-disks</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the <application>DeviceKit-disks</application> command line
          tool.</para>
          <indexterm zone="DeviceKit-disks devkit-disks">
            <primary sortas="b-devkit-disks">devkit-disks</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="devkit-disks-daemon">
        <term><command>devkit-disks-daemon</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>provides the org.freedesktop.DeviceKit.Disks service on the
          system message bus.</para>
          <indexterm zone="DeviceKit-disks devkit-disks-daemon">
            <primary sortas="b-devkit-disks-daemon">devkit-disks-daemon</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libdevkit-disks-action-lookup">
        <term><filename
        class='libraryfile'>libdevkit-disks-action-lookup.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a  polkit extension.</para>
          <indexterm zone="DeviceKit-disks libdevkit-disks-action-lookup">
            <primary
            sortas="c-libdevkit-disks-action-lookup">libdevkit-disks-action-lookup.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>