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<sect1 id="ch06-findutils" xreflabel="Findutils">
<title>Installing Findutils-&findutils-version;</title>
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<para>The Findutils package contains programs to find files. The finding is
done either by doing a live recursive search through a directory tree, or by
consulting a previously set up database.</para>

<screen>Estimated build time:           &findutils-time;
Estimated required disk space:  &findutils-compsize;</screen>

&aa-findutils-down;
&aa-findutils-dep;

<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of Findutils</title>

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

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

<para>The default location for the <emphasis>locate</emphasis> database is
<filename>/usr/var</filename>. To make the location of this database
FHS-compliant, add <emphasis>--localstatedir=/var/lib/misc</emphasis>
to the above configure options.</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>

</sect2>

&aa-findutils-shortdesc;
&aa-findutils-desc;

</sect1>