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 
		--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 you get 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:
</para>

<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). Check this
first and adjust the path in the following commands accordingly:
</para>

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	<userinput>cd /usr/lib &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>ln -s libncurses.a libcurses.a</userinput>

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