This package requires its patch to be applied before you can install it. Issue the following command to apply the patch: patch -Np1 -i ../gawk-&gawk-patch-version;.patch This patch alters the code that determines the location of the libexec directory. The patch will allow us to override it by passing --libexecdir to the configure script. Prepare Gawk to be compiled: ./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/bin Continue with compiling the package: make Finish installing the package: make install