Installing Bash-2.05a

Estimated build time:           0.82 SBU
Estimated required disk space:  14 MB

Contents of Bash

Last checked against version 2.05a.

bash is the Bourne-Again SHell, which is a widely used command interpreter on Unix systems. The bash program reads from standard input (the keyboard). A user types something and the program will evaluate what he has typed and do something with it, like running a program.

Bash installs the following files:

Program Files

bash, sh (link to bash) and bashbug

 

Bash Installation Dependencies

Last checked against version 2.05a.

Bash: bash, sh
Binutils: ar, as, ld, ranlib, size
Diffutils: cmp
Fileutils: chmod, cp, install, ln, ls, mkdir, mv, rm
Gcc: cc, cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Grep: egrep, grep
Make: make
Gawk: awk
Sed: sed
Sh-utils: basename, echo, expr, hostname, sleep, uname
Texinfo: install-info
Textutils: cat, tr, uniq

 

Installation of Bash

Prepare Bash to be compiled:

./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin

Continue with compiling the package:

make

And finish off installing the package:

make install

Reload the newly compiled Bash:

exec /bin/bash --login