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<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title>
+<para>Module-Init-Tools attempts to rewrite it's
+<filename>modprobe.conf</filename> man page during the build process. Not only
+is this unnecessary, it relies on <command>docbook2man</command> which is not
+installed in LFS. To prevent this do the following:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>touch modprobe.conf.5</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix="" --enable-zlib</userinput></screen>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
-<screen><userinput>make DOCBOOKTOMAN=""</userinput></screen>
-
-<!-- Edit me -->
-<para>The <envar>DOCBOOKTOMAN</envar> option allows the compile process to
-complete without regenerating the man pages.</para>
+<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results, issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>