Chapter 21 : Compile and Install Diffutils - Cross Compiling Temporary Tools

Hi,

In this post we are going to see compiling and installing diffutils package.

Note :

- Please check the version of the package when you compile and install, at the time of writing the package was at version 3.7

- 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/diffutils.html for more details.

Unpacking the tarball and change directory

$ tar -xvf diffutils-3.7.tar.xz

$ cd diffutils-3.7

Preparing the package for compiling

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=$LFS_TGT

Compiling the package

$ make -j4

Installing the package

$ make DESTDIR=$LFS install

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