Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r11.3-489

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libblockdev-2.28

Introduction to libblockdev

libblockdev is a C library supporting GObject Introspection for manipulation of block devices. It has a plugin-based architecture where each technology (like LVM, Btrfs, MD RAID, Swap,...) is implemented in a separate plugin, possibly with multiple implementations (e.g. using LVM CLI or the new LVM DBus API).

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Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the book.

Package Information

libblockdev Dependencies

Required

gobject-introspection-1.76.1, libbytesize-2.8, libyaml-0.2.5, parted-3.6, and volume_key-0.3.12

Optional

btrfs-progs-6.3, GTK-Doc-1.33.2, mdadm-4.2, dmraid, bcachefs, and ndctl

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libblockdev

Installation of libblockdev

Install libblockdev by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --with-python3    \
            --without-gtk-doc \
            --without-nvdimm  \
            --without-dm      &&
make

This package does not come with a working test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: lvm-cache-stats
Installed Libraries: libbd_btrfs.so, libbd_crypto.so, libbd_fs.so, libbd_kbd.so, libbd_loop.so, libbd_lvm.so, libbd_lvm-dbus.so, libbd_mdraid.so, libbd_mpath.so, libbd_part.so, libbd_part_err.so, libbd_swap.so, libbd_utils.so, libbd_vdo.so, and libblockdev.so
Installed Directories: /etc/libblockdev, /usr/include/blockdev, and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libblockdev

Short Descriptions

lvm-cache-stats

prints statistics on caches on LVM Logical Volumes