Util-linux doesn't use the freshly installed headers and libraries from the /tools directory. This is fixed by altering the configure script: cp configure configure.backup sed "s@/usr/include@/tools/include@g" configure.backup > configure Prepare Util-linux for compilation: ./configure Compile some support routines: make -C lib And, since you'll need only a couple of the utilities contained in this package, build just those: make -C mount mount umount make -C text-utils more Now copy these programs to the temporary tools directory: cp mount/{,u}mount text-utils/more /tools/bin