Linux From Scratch - Version 12.1

Chapter 8. Installing Basic System Software

8.60. Gawk-5.3.0

The Gawk package contains programs for manipulating text files.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 42 MB

8.60.1. Installation of Gawk

First, ensure some unneeded files are not installed: 

sed -i 's/extras//' Makefile.in

Prepare Gawk for compilation: 

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package: 

make

To test the results, issue: 

chown -R tester .
su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make check"

Install the package: 

rm -f /usr/bin/gawk-5.3.0
make install

The meaning of the command:

rm -f /usr/bin/gawk-5.3.0

The building system will not recreate the hard link gawk-5.3.0 if it already exists. Remove it to ensure that the previous hard link installed in Section 6.9, “Gawk-5.3.0” is updated here.

The installation process already created awk as a symlink to gawk, create its man page as a symlink as well: 

ln -sv gawk.1 /usr/share/man/man1/awk.1

If desired, install the documentation: 

mkdir -pv                                   /usr/share/doc/gawk-5.3.0
cp    -v doc/{awkforai.txt,*.{eps,pdf,jpg}} /usr/share/doc/gawk-5.3.0

8.60.2. Contents of Gawk

Installed programs: awk (link to gawk), gawk, and gawk-5.3.0
Installed libraries: filefuncs.so, fnmatch.so, fork.so, inplace.so, intdiv.so, ordchr.so, readdir.so, readfile.so, revoutput.so, revtwoway.so, rwarray.so, and time.so (all in /usr/lib/gawk)
Installed directories: /usr/lib/gawk, /usr/libexec/awk, /usr/share/awk, and /usr/share/doc/gawk-5.3.0

Short Descriptions

awk

A link to gawk

gawk

A program for manipulating text files; it is the GNU implementation of awk

gawk-5.3.0

A hard link to gawk