Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU Required disk space: 7.6 MB |
Official download location for Findutils (4.1.20):
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/
For its installation Findutils depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed.
Prepare Findutils for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/tools |
Compile the package:
make |
As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the temporary tools here in this chapter. If you still want to run the Findutils test suite anyway, the following command will do so:
make check |
And install the package:
make install |
The details on this package are found in the Section called Contents of Findutils in Chapter 6.