Prepare Patch to be compiled: CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE \     LDFLAGS="-static" ./configure --prefix=$LFS/static The meaning of the configure option is: CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE: This flag fixes installation problems of this package on PPC and m68k platforms (that we know of). It doesn't hurt compilation on other platforms, such as x86, so we do it by default. Continue with compiling the package: make And finish off installing the package: make install