1 | <sect1 id="ch06-gawk">
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2 | <title>Installing Gawk-&gawk-version;</title>
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3 | <?dbhtml filename="gawk.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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4 |
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5 | <screen>Estimated build time: &gawk-time;
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6 | Estimated required disk space: &gawk-compsize;</screen>
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7 |
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8 | &aa-gawk-shortdesc;
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9 | &aa-gawk-dep;
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10 |
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11 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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12 |
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13 | <sect2>
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14 | <title>Installation of Gawk</title>
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15 |
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16 | <para>First apply a patch to fix the following issues:</para>
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17 |
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18 | <itemizedlist>
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19 | <listitem><para>Gawk's default location for some of its executables is
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20 | <filename>$prefix/libexec/awk</filename>. This location doesn't comply
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21 | with the FHS, which never even mentions a directory called
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22 | <filename>libexec</filename>. The patch makes it possible to pass a
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23 | <emphasis>--libexecdir</emphasis> switch to the configure script, so that we
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24 | can use a more appropriate location for the <userinput>grcat</userinput> and
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25 | <userinput>pwcat</userinput> binaries:
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26 | <filename>/usr/lib/gawk</filename>.</para></listitem>
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27 |
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28 | <listitem><para>Gawk's default data directory is
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29 | <filename>$prefix/share/awk</filename>. But package-specific
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30 | directories should be named using the package name and version number
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31 | (for example: <filename>gawk-7.7.2.</filename>) and not simply the package
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32 | name, as there may be different versions of a package installed on the system.
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33 | The patch changes the name of the data directory to the correct
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34 | <filename>$prefix/share/gawk-&gawk-version;</filename>.</para></listitem>
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35 |
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36 | <listitem><para>The patch also ensures that this data directory, including its
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37 | contents, is removed on a <emphasis>make uninstall</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
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38 | </itemizedlist>
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39 |
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40 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&gawk-patch;</userinput></screen>
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41 |
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42 | <para>Now prepare Gawk for compilation:</para>
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43 |
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44 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gawk</userinput></screen>
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45 |
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46 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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47 |
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48 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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49 |
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50 | <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
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51 | checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the
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52 | following command will do so:</para>
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53 |
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54 | <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
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55 |
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56 | <para>And install the package:</para>
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57 |
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58 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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59 |
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60 | </sect2>
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61 |
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62 | </sect1>
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63 |
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