The Findutils package contains programs to find files. The finding is done either by doing a live recursive search through a directory tree, or by consulting a previously set up database. Estimated build time: &findutils-time; Estimated required disk space: &findutils-compsize; &aa-findutils-down; &aa-findutils-dep;   Prepare Findutils for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/locate 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 test suite 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 &aa-findutils-shortdesc; &aa-findutils-desc;