lfs-book/chapter06/findutils-inst.xml

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<title>Installing Findutils</title>

<para>Prepare Findutils for compilation:</para>

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

<para>By default, the location of the updatedb database is in
<filename>/usr/var</filename>. 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>Compile the package:</para>

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

<para>This package has a test suite 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>

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

<para>And install the package:</para>

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

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