Before Sh-utils is installed, the sh-utils patch file may need to be applied. This patch is needed to avoid a conflict of variable names with certain Glibc versions (usually glibc-2.1.x) when compiling sh-utils statically. It is however safe to apply the patch even if you are running a different glibc version, so if you aren't sure, it's best to apply it. Apply the patch by running the following command: patch -Np1 -i ../sh-utils-&sh-utils-version;.patch Install Sh-utils by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=$LFS/usr --disable-nls && make LDFLAGS=-static && make install && cd $LFS/usr/bin && mv date echo false pwd stty $LFS/bin && mv true uname hostname $LFS/bin