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Chapter 6. Cross Compiling Temporary Tools

6.16. Xz-5.6.3

The Xz package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files. It provides capabilities for the lzma and the newer xz compression formats. Compressing text files with xz yields a better compression percentage than with the traditional gzip or bzip2 commands.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 20 MB

6.16.1. Installation of Xz

Prepare Xz for compilation: 

./configure --prefix=/usr                     \
            --host=$LFS_TGT                   \
            --build=$(build-aux/config.guess) \
            --disable-static                  \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xz-5.6.3

Compile the package: 

make

Install the package: 

make DESTDIR=$LFS install

Remove the libtool archive file because it is harmful for cross compilation: 

rm -v $LFS/usr/lib/liblzma.la

Details on this package are located in Section 8.8.4, “Contents of Xz.”