lfs-book/chapter06/gawk-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of Gawk</title>

<para>Warning: do NOT run <userinput>make uninstall</userinput> on this
package if you apply the <emphasis>sed</emphasis> fix to change the
<filename class="directory">libexec</filename> directory definition. The
<emphasis>uninstall</emphasis> rule in the <filename>Makefile</filename>
file runs a command like <userinput>rm -rf
&lt;libexecdir&gt;/*</userinput> Since we change the <filename
class="directory">libexec</filename> directory to <filename
class="directory">/usr/bin</filename> it'll run <userinput>rm -rf
/usr/bin/*</userinput></para>

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

<para><screen><userinput>cp awklib/Makefile.in awklib/Makefile.in.backup &amp;&amp;
sed -e '/^datadir/s/awk/gawk/' \
-e '/^libexecdir/s%/awk%%' awklib/Makefile.in.backup \
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&gt; awklib/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/bin &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</userinput></screen></para>

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