Sunday, December 27, 2020

Chapter 23 : Compile and Install Findutils - Cross Compiling Temporary Tools

Hi,

In this chapter we are going to compile and install Findutils package.

Note :
- Please check the version of the package when you compile and install, at the time of writing the package was at version 4.7.0
- You should be logged in as lfs user, when you perform the actions described here.
- Change directory to the sources folder (/mnt/lfs/sources)

Unpack the package and change directory.
$ tar -xvf findutils-4.7.0.tar.xz
$ cd findutils-4.7.0

Preparing the package for compilation.
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr   \
            --host=$LFS_TGT \
            --build=$(build-aux/config.guess)

Compiling the package.
$ make -j4

Installing the package.
$ make DESTDIR=$LFS install

Move the executable to its final expected location
$ mv -v $LFS/usr/bin/find $LFS/bin
$ sed -i 's|find:=${BINDIR}|find:=/bin|' $LFS/usr/bin/updatedb




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