To build and install the latest version of btrfs-tools on a Linux system, you will need to have the necessary development tools and libraries installed. This typically includes the gcc compiler, make, and the btrfs-progs development libraries.
btrfs-tools source code from the project's GitHub repository:git clone https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs
btrfs-progs directory and run the ./autogen.sh script to generate the necessary build files:cd btrfs-progs ./autogen.sh
./configure script to configure the build process:./configure
make command to build the btrfs-tools utilities:make
This will build the btrfs-tools utilities, including the btrfs command-line utility.
To install the utilities, you can use the make install command. This will install the utilities to the default system location, typically /usr/local/bin.
sudo make install
Alternatively, you can use the checkinstall utility to create a package file that can be easily uninstalled later. To do this, run the following command:
sudo checkinstall
This will create a package file and install the utilities to the system. You can then use the package manager to uninstall the utilities if needed.
sudo dpkg -r btrfs-tools