LDP/LDP/retired/LFS/chapter05/gawk.xml

<sect1 id="ch05-gawk">
<title>Installing Gawk-&gawk-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="gawk.html" dir="chapter05"?>

<screen>Estimated build time:           &gawk-time-tools;
Estimated required disk space:  &gawk-compsize-tools;</screen>

&aa-gawk-shortdesc;
&aa-gawk-dep;

<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of Gawk</title>

<para>Prepare Gawk for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>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:</para>

<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>

<para>And install it:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

</sect2>

</sect1>