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Findutils Prepare Findutils for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate --localstatedir This option changes the location of the locate database to be in /var/lib/locate, which is FHS-compliant. Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: chown -Rv tester . su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make check" Install the package: make install Some of the scripts in the LFS-Bootscripts package depend on find. As /usr may not be available during the early stages of booting, this program needs to be on the root partition. The updatedb script also needs to be modified to correct an explicit path: Some packages in BLFS and beyond expect the find program in /bin, so make sure it's placed there: mv -v /usr/bin/find /bin sed -i 's|find:=${BINDIR}|find:=/bin|' /usr/bin/updatedb Installed programs Installed directory find, locate, updatedb, and xargs /var/lib/locate Short Descriptions find Searches given directory trees for files matching the specified criteria find locate Searches through a database of file names and reports the names that contain a given string or match a given pattern locate updatedb Updates the locate database; it scans the entire file system (including other file systems that are currently mounted, unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds into the database updatedb xargs Can be used to apply a given command to a list of files xargs