Chapter 19 : Compile and Install Bash - Cross Compiling Temporary Tools

Hi,

In this chapter we are going to discuss on compiling and installing BASH package.

Note :

- Please check the version of the package when you compile and install, at the time of writing the package was at version 5.0

- You should be logged in as lfs user, when you perform the actions described here.

- Change directory to the sources folder (/mnt/lfs/sources)

- Please check http://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter06/bash.html for more details.

Before we unpack the package to compile and install, let us create a directory called bin and let the lfs user owns it.

$ cd /mnt/lfs

$ sudo mkdir bin

$ sudo chown lfs bin

Now change directory to sources and unpack the bash package.

$ tar -xvf bash-5.0-tar.gz

Changing directory to bin-5.0

$ cd bin-5.0

Prepare the bash for compilation.

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr                   \

            --build=$(support/config.guess) \

            --host=$LFS_TGT                 \

            --without-bash-malloc

Compile the package.

$ make -j4

Install the package.

$ make DESTDIR=$LFS install

Move the executable to bin directory created

$ mv $LFS/usr/bin/bash $LFS/bin/bash

Make a soft link to the executable for those programs which uses "sh"

$ ln -sv bash $LFS/bin/sh

You can also refer the explanation on compiling and installing bash at the below mentioned location.

http://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter06/bash.html

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