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<sect2>
<title>Installation of Binutils</title>
+<para>First create a separate build directory again:</para>
+
<para><screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build
-cd ../binutils-build
-../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=/stage1 \
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--enable-shared --with-lib-path=/stage1/lib
-make
-make check
-make install</userinput></screen></para>
+cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Now prepare Binutils to be compiled:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=/stage1 \
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--enable-shared --with-lib-path=/stage1/lib</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make </userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Test the package (nothing should fail here):</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>And install the package:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Now already prepare Binutils for the "Locking in" procedure in the next
+chapter:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>make -C ld clean
make -C ld LIB_PATH=/usr/lib:/lib</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Do not remove the binutils-* directories after the installation.
-We'll need this directory again in chapter 6 as-is.</para>
+<para><emphasis>Do not yet remove</emphasis> the Binutils source and build
+directories. We'll need these directories again in the next chapter in the
+state they are in now.</para>
</sect2>