Chapter 31 : Compile and Install Xz - Cross Compiling Temporary Tools

Hi,

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

Note :

- Please check the version of the package when you compile and install, at the time of writing the package was at version 2.35

- 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/xz.html for more details.

Unpack the package tarball and change directory.

$ tar -xvf xz-5.2.5.tar.xz

$ cd xz-5.2.5

Preparing the package for compilation.

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr                     \

            --host=$LFS_TGT                   \

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

            --disable-static                  \

            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xz-5.2.5

Compiling the package.

$ make -j4

Installing the package.

$ make DESTDIR=$LFS install

Make sure that all essential files are in the correct directory

mv -v $LFS/usr/bin/{lzma,unlzma,lzcat,xz,unxz,xzcat}  $LFS/bin

mv -v $LFS/usr/lib/liblzma.so.*                       $LFS/lib

ln -svf ../../lib/$(readlink $LFS/usr/lib/liblzma.so) $LFS/usr/lib/liblzma.so

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