Chapter 25 : Compile and Install Grep - Cross Compiling Temporary Tools

Hi,

In this chapter we are going to discuss on Compiling and Installing Grep Package.

Note :

- Please check the version of the package when you compile and install, at the time of writing the package was at version 3.4

- 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/grep.html for more details.

Unpack the package tarball and change directory.

$ tar -xvf grep-3.4.tar.xz

$ cd grep-3.4

Preparing the package for compilation.

./configure --prefix=/usr   \

            --host=$LFS_TGT \

            --bindir=/bin

Compiling the package

$ make -j4

Installing the package

$ make DESTDIR=$LFS install

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