lfs-book/chapter06/make-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of Make</title>

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

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

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

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

<para>And finish off installing the package:</para>

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

<para>By default, <filename>/usr/bin/make</filename> is installed setgid
kmem. This is needed on some systems so it can check the load average by
using <filename>/dev/kmem</filename>. However, on Linux systems, setgid
kmem is not needed, so we remove this from our <filename>make</filename>
binary. This also fixes problems with <filename>make</filename>
ignoring certain variables like <emphasis>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</emphasis>.</para>

<para><screen><userinput>chgrp root /usr/bin/make &amp;&amp;
chmod 755 /usr/bin/make</userinput></screen></para>

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