Estimated build time: &gawk-time; Estimated required disk space: &gawk-compsize; &aa-gawk-shortdesc; &aa-gawk-desc;   First apply a patch to fix the following issues: Gawk's default location for some of its executables is $prefix/libexec/awk. This location doesn't comply with the FHS, which never even mentions a directory called libexec. The patch makes it possible to pass a --libexecdir switch to the configure script, so that we can use a more appropriate location for the grcat and pwcat binaries: /usr/lib/gawk. Gawk's default data directory is $prefix/share/awk. But package-specific directories should be named using the package name and version number (for example: gawk-7.7.2.) and not simply the package name, as there may be different versions of a package installed on the system. The patch changes the name of the data directory to the correct $prefix/share/gawk-&gawk-version;. The patch also ensures that this data directory, including its contents, is removed on a make uninstall. patch -Np1 -i ../&gawk-patch; Now prepare Gawk for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gawk Compile the package: make 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: make check And install the package: make install