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<h2 id="other-front-ends">Other front-ends</h2> <h3>Text-based</h3> <p>nparted is the <a href="/facts/Newt_(programming_library)/2Wg3JbCo">newt</a>-based frontend to GNU Parted.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>Projects have started for an <a href="/facts/Ncurses/anPTppfj">ncurses</a> frontend,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> that also could be used in Windows (with <a href="/facts/GNUWin32/tHohzouq">GNUWin32</a> Ncurses).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>fatresize offers a <a href="/facts/Command-line_interface/R9JpGmXQ">command-line interface</a> for <a href="/facts/FAT16/uFvpmWxa">FAT16</a>/<a href="/facts/FAT32/uFvpmWxa">FAT32</a> non-destructive resize and uses the GNU Parted library.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>tparted is the <a href="/facts/Turbo_Vision/bTGhaFWw">TV/FV</a>-based frontend for GNU Parted.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h3>Graphical front-ends</h3> <p><a href="/facts/GParted/BTaRfAcn">GParted</a> is a graphical program using the parted libraries. It is adapted for <a href="/facts/GNOME/EFMNBmpR">GNOME</a>, one of the two major <a href="/facts/Desktop_environment/VXBpMWnG">desktop environments</a> (the other being <a href="/facts/KDE/PCh32IWA">KDE</a>) for Unix-like installations. It is often included as utility on many <a href="/facts/Live_CD/J4bpHUs1">live CD</a> distributions to make partitioning easier. </p><p><a href="/facts/KDE_Partition_Manager/WSoaeDpb">KDE Partition Manager</a> is a <a href="/facts/Qt_(framework)/gVhwlQnJ">Qt</a> graphical program, also included on many live CD distributions, which made use of parted libraries; anyway, in version 4.0 its backend, KPMcore, was ported away from libparted to sfdisk.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> <a href="/facts/QtParted/9PN7r53v">QtParted</a> was another graphical front-end based on Qt that is no longer being actively maintained. </p><p>Pyparted<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> (also called python-parted)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> is the <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a> front-end for GNU Parted. </p><p><a href="/facts/Linux_distribution/0vVl4N4f">Linux distributions</a> that come with parted by default include <a href="/facts/Slackware/eGJIIHgW">Slackware</a>, <a href="/facts/Knoppix/BkrEUxHC">Knoppix</a>, sidux, <a href="/facts/SystemRescueCD/JFsSwMhH">SystemRescueCD</a>, and <a href="/facts/Parted_Magic/ljlQRhQT">Parted Magic</a>. </p> <h2 id="limitations">Limitations</h2> <p>Parted previously had support for operating on filesystems within partitions (creating, moving, resizing, copying). This support was removed in version 3.0.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_disk_partitioning_software/zAg8urRo">List of disk partitioning software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Util-linux/vPHnV2Iy">util-linux</a>: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Fdisk/S6hru6n4">fdisk</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cfdisk/tKhxEnAL">cfdisk</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sfdisk/1uux4uU5">sfdisk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gpart/QyT1zWoW">gpart</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gparted/BTaRfAcn">gparted</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/FIPS_(computer_program)/LcsyTnGu">FIPS</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Master_Boot_Record_manager/nEJerupp">Master Boot Record manager</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://linux.die.net/man/8/parted">parted(8)</a> – <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> Administration and Privileged Commands <a href="/facts/Man_page/S2yYjy0J">Manual</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>GNU Parted supported platforms <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/parted.html#Supported-Platforms" target="_blank">https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/parted.html#Supported-Platforms</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Overview of nparted source package <a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/n/nparted.html" target="_blank">http://packages.qa.debian.org/n/nparted.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>cparted - ncurses interface in python/pyparted <a href="https://github.com/davekong/cparted" target="_blank">https://github.com/davekong/cparted</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Ncurses <a href="http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/ncurses.htm" target="_blank">http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/ncurses.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>SourceForge.net: fatresize <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/fatresize/" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/projects/fatresize/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>github.com: tparted <a href="https://github.com/Kagamma/tparted" target="_blank">https://github.com/Kagamma/tparted</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"KDE Partition Manager 4.0". stikonas.eu. Retrieved 2024-01-11. <a href="https://stikonas.eu/wordpress/2019/05/02/kde-partition-manager-4-0/" target="_blank">https://stikonas.eu/wordpress/2019/05/02/kde-partition-manager-4-0/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>pyparted – Python bindings for GNU parted (libparted) github page <a href="https://github.com/dcantrell/pyparted" target="_blank">https://github.com/dcantrell/pyparted</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>python-parted package in Ubuntu dapper <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/python-parted" target="_blank">http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/python-parted</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>parted 3.0 release notes <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6837" target="_blank">http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6837</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>