system/partitionmanager/README.md

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0006
0007 # KDE Partition Manager
0008
0009 <img src="https://invent.kde.org/kde/partitionmanager/raw/master/icons/sc-apps-partitionmanager.svg" align="right"
0010      title="KDE Partition Manager logo" width="96" height="96">
0011
0012 KDE Partition Manager is an application to help you manage the disk devices,
0013 partitions and file systems on your computer. It allows you to easily create,
0014 copy, move, delete, resize without losing data, backup and restore partitions.
0015
0016 A large number of file systems are also supported:
0017 - ext2/3/4, Btrfs, Linux swap
0018 - Reiserfs
0019 - F2FS
0020 - NTFS
0021 - FAT
0022 - exFAT
0023 - LUKS encryption support
0024 - and more....
0025
0026 :zap: **Back up your data before using this software**. KDE Partition Manager is
0027 a potentially dangerous program for your data. It has been tested carefully and
0028 there are currently no known bugs that could lead to data loss, but nevertheless
0029 there is always a chance for an error to occur and you might lose your data.
0030
0031 <img src="https://cdn.kde.org/screenshots/partitionmanager/partitionmanager.png" align="center"
0032      title="KDE Partition Manager" width="800">
0033
0034 ## Installation
0035
0036 KDE Partition Manager is a KF5 application, so you will need the
0037 [KDE frameworks](https://www.kde.org/products/frameworks/) libraries to run it
0038 on your computer. Most modern OSs will install them as dependencies
0039 for you when you use their default package manager as the installation method.
0040
0041 It also makes use of external programs to get its job done, so
0042 you might have to install additional software (preferably packages from your
0043 distribution) to make use of all features and get full support for all file
0044 systems.
0045
0046 The methods listed below for each major OS are based on executing the
0047 installation commands on a terminal window. Alternatively, you can use
0048 your OS' package management app.
0049
0050 ### Ubuntu
0051
0052 ```bash
0053 sudo apt install partitionmanager
0054 ```
0055
0056 ### Debian
0057
0058 As the `root` user:
0059
0060 ```bash
0061 apt install partitionmanager
0062 ```
0063
0064 ### CentOS, Fedora, RHEL
0065
0066 ```bash
0067 sudo yum install kde-partitionmanager
0068 ```
0069
0070 ### OpenSUSE
0071 ```bash
0072 sudo zypper install partitionmanager
0073 ```
0074
0075 ### ArchLinux
0076
0077 1. Enable the community repository on `/etc/pacman.conf`:
0078     ```ini
0079     [community]
0080     Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
0081     ```
0082 1. Install the `partitionmanager` xz package:
0083     ```bash
0084     pacman -Sy partitionmanager
0085     ```
0086
0087 ### Gentoo
0088 ```bash
0089 sudo emerge partitionmanager
0090 ```
0091
0092 ### From source
0093
0094 See [INSTALL](INSTALL.md).
0095
0096 ## Changelog
0097
0098 For a list of changes since the previous release see [CHANGES](CHANGES).