lvm2 pv format option is grayed out in gparted

Question

I would like to format a partition to lvm2 pv with gparted, but the option is grayed out.

Answer 1

In order to format a partion as lvm2 pv, gparted needs the package lvm2 to be installed.

In a terminal run

sudo apt-get install lvm2 

Then restart gparted