%general-entities; ]> Create a build dir: mkdir ../binutils-build cd ../binutils-build If you want the SBU values you could wrap the four commands in a time command like this: time { ./configure ... && ... && ... && make install; }. Now prepare Binutils for compilation: ../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls Continue with compiling the package: make configure-host make LDFLAGS="-all-static" Now install the package: make install Now prepare the linker for the Adjusting phase later on: make -C ld clean make -C ld LDFLAGS="-all-static" LIB_PATH=/tools/lib Do not yet remove the Binutils build and source directories. You will need them again in their current state a bit further on in this chapter.