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&aa-findutils-shortdesc;
&aa-findutils-dep;
-&c6-findutils-inst;
+
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Installing Findutils</title>
+
+<para>Prepare Findutils for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/bin</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>By default, the location of the updatedb database is in
+<filename>/usr/var</filename>. To make the location of
+<filename>/var/lib/misc/locatedb</filename> file FHS compliant, pass the
+<emphasis>--localstatedir=/var/lib/misc</emphasis> option to
+<userinput>configure</userinput>.</para>
+
+<para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
+checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the
+following command will do so:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>And install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+
+</sect2>
</sect1>