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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 8ad7246..3c226f7 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -17,18 +17,19 @@ Furthermore, there are dependencies to following libraries:
libmagic
libext2fs
-Versions >= 0.3.0
libz
libbz2
-These libraries are present on any Linux, but you need actual versions.
+These libraries are present on any Linux, but you need some actual versions.
Check the version with the following commands:
# file -v
# /sbin/fsck.ext3 -V
the version of "file" must be > 5.03
-and the EXT2FS Library version >= 1.41.9
+and the EXT2FS Library version >= 1.41.9 (libext2fs-1.42 see Known Bugs)
+
+
Under these conditions, installation is fairly simple.
Install the following devel packages:
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ libext2fs-devel e2fslibs-dev e2fsprogs-devel
libuuid-devel uuid-dev libuuid-devel
libblkid-devel libblkid-dev libblkid-devel
file-devel libmagic-dev file-devel
-zlib-devel ? ?
-libbz2-devel ? ?
+zlib-devel zlib1g-dev ?
+libbz2-devel libbz2-dev ?
unzip the archive and cd into the directory
@@ -60,16 +61,26 @@ and install as root
this is everything, and it installs the following files
-/usr/local/sbin/ext4magic
+/usr/local/sbin/ext4magic
/usr/local/share/man/man8/ext4magic.8
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Optional extensions
+====================
+with configure the following extensions can be activated
+
+--enable-expert-mode # use of file system superblock copies
+ and recover from partially destroyed file systems
+
+--enable-file-attr # restore also file attributes
-Detailed Install Howto
-============================
+===================================================================================
+
+
+Detailed Install Howto for special cases
+========================================
Following detailed instructions for installing considered special cases,
depends on the library versions also on older operating systems or
@@ -77,7 +88,7 @@ if the devel package can not be found or if certain libraries to be statically l
-The file-command an the library libmagic
+The file-command and the library libmagic
========================================
In versions ext4magic > 0.1.4 you need the package of the Linux command "file".
Needed a version > 5.03 (see also BUG:#017561) for stabil magic-functions in ext4magic.