Prepare Findutils for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/bin By default, the location of the updatedb database is in /usr/var. To make the location of /var/lib/misc/locatedb file FHS compliant, pass the --localstatedir=/var/lib/misc option to configure. Compile the package: make This package has a testsuite available which can perform a number of checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the following command will do so: make check And install the package: make install