lfs-book/chapter05/gawk-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of Gawk</title>

<para>Prepare Gawk to be compiled:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

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

<para>This package has a testsuite available which can perform a number of
checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the
following command will do so:</para>

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

<para>And install it:</para>

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

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