Installation of Bash
Install Bash by running the following commands:
./configure --enable-static-link --prefix=$LFS/usr \
--bindir=$LFS/bin
--with-curses &&
make &&
make install &&
cd $LFS/bin &&
ln -s bash sh
If you get errors when compiling bash that tell about not being able to
find -lcurses
, these two commands should be run to create the
missing symlink:
Note: Normally, the libncurses.a file resides in the /usr/lib directory
but it might reside in /lib (like it does on LFS systems). Check this
first and adjust the path in the following commands accordingly:
cd /usr/lib &&
ln -s libncurses.a libcurses.a
If the make install phase ends with something along the lines of
install-info: unknown option `--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'
usage: install-info [--version] [--help] [--debug] [--maxwidth=nnn]
[--section regexp title] [--infodir=xxx] [--align=nnn]
[--calign=nnn] [--quiet] [--menuentry=xxx]
[--info-dir=xxx]
[--keep-old] [--description=xxx] [--test]
[--remove] [--] filename
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/usr/src/bash-2.04/doc'
make: [install] Error 2 (ignored)
then that means that you are probably using Debian, and that you have an
old version of the texinfo package. This error is not severe by any means: the
info pages will be installed when we recompile bash dynamically in chapter 6.