%general-entities; ]> Bash tools Prepare Bash for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/tools --without-bash-malloc The meaning of the configure option: --without-bash-malloc This options turns off the use of Bash's memory allocation (malloc) function which is known to cause segmentation faults. By turning this option off, Bash will use the malloc functions from Glibc which are more stable. Compile the program: make To test the results, issue: make tests. Install the package: make install Make a link for the programs that use sh for a shell: ln -s bash /tools/bin/sh