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diff --git a/chapter05/bash-static-inst.sgml b/chapter05/bash-static-inst.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8c9115709 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter05/bash-static-inst.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +<sect2> +<title>Installation of Bash</title> + +<para> +Install Bash by running the following commands: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>./configure --enable-static-link --prefix=$LFS/usr \</userinput> + <userinput> --bindir=$LFS/bin --disable-nls + --with-curses &&</userinput> + <userinput>make &&</userinput> + <userinput>make install &&</userinput> + <userinput>cd $LFS/bin &&</userinput> + <userinput>ln -s bash sh</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +If you get errors when compiling bash that tell you about not being able to +find <quote>-lcurses</quote> run these two commands to create the +missing symlink (so far we have not enountered one distribution that has +this libncurses symlink setup properly, except for LFS systems where it +is setup properly): +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>cd /usr/lib &&</userinput> + <userinput>ln -s libncurses.a libcurses.a</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +Note: Normally the libncurses.a file resides in the /usr/lib directory +but it might reside in /lib (like it does on LFS systems). So check to +make sure whether you should run the ln command in /usr/lib or in /lib +</para> + +</sect2> + |