How to install gparted (partition editor) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / Debian wheezy / Raspbian

Here is how to install one of the coolest partition editor for  Ubuntu 14.04 / Debian wheezy / Raspbian

Gparted a GUI based application that helps to work with partitions on your memory devices. It is packed with many features like

•     Create partition tables, (e.g., msdos or gpt)
•     Create, move, copy, resize, check, label, set new UUID, and delete partitions
•     Enable and disable partition flags, (e.g., boot or hidden)
•     Attempt
•     Create space for new operating systems

GParted works with the following storage devices:

•     Hard disk drives (e.g., SATA, IDE, and SCSI)
•     Flash memory devices, such as USB memory sticks and Solid State Drives (SSD’s)
•     RAID Devices (hardware RAID, motherboard BIOS RAID, and Linux software RAID)
•     All sector sizes (e.g., devices with 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 byte sectors and more)

Update your software repository listing using the apt commands from the terminal:

sudo apt-get update

 

Now install gparted using the below given command

sudo apt-get install gparted

   


Once the installation is complete, launch gparted using the following command and provide the root credentials

sudo gparted

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