lfs-book/chapter05/bash-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of Bash</title>

<para>
Install Bash by running the following commands:
</para>

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	<userinput>./configure --enable-static-link --prefix=$LFS/usr \</userinput>
	<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--bindir=$LFS/bin --disable-nls 
		--with-curses &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>make &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>make install &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>cd $LFS/bin &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>ln -s bash sh</userinput>

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<para>
If a user gets errors when compiling bash that tell about not being able to
find <quote>-lcurses</quote> these two commands should be run to create the
missing symlink (so far we have not enountered one distribution that has
this libncurses symlink setup properly, except for LFS systems where it
is setup properly):
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	<userinput>cd /usr/lib &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>ln -s libncurses.a libcurses.a</userinput>

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<para>
Note: Normally the libncurses.a file resides in the /usr/lib directory
but it might reside in /lib (like it does on LFS systems). A user needs
to check to 
make sure whether the ln command has to be run in /usr/lib or in /lib.
</para>

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