lfs-book/chapter06/findutils-inst.xml

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<title>Installing Findutils</title>

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

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

<para>By default, the location of the updatedb database is in /usr/var.
To make the location of <filename>/var/lib/misc/locatedb</filename> file
FHS compliant, pass the <emphasis>--localstatedir=/var/lib/misc</emphasis>
option to <userinput>configure</userinput>.</para>

<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>

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

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

<para>Finish installing the package:</para>

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

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