lfs-book/chapter06/psmisc-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of Psmisc</title>

<para>Prepare Psmisc for compilation:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/</userinput></screen></para>

<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><userinput>--exec-prefix=/</userinput>: This causes the
binaries to be installed in <filename>/bin</filename> and not in
<filename>/usr/bin</filename>. As the Psmisc programs are often used in
bootscripts, they should be available also when the <filename>/usr</filename>
filesystem isn't mounted.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>

<para>And install it:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>

<para>By default Psmisc's <userinput>pidof</userinput> program isn't installed.
Generally, this isn't a problem because we later install the Sysvinit package,
which provides a better <userinput>pidof</userinput> program. But if you're not
going to use Sysvinit, you should complete the installation of Psmisc by
creating the following symlink:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>ln -s killall /bin/pidof</userinput></screen></para>

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