#### Linux From Scratch - Version r13.0-6

### Chapter 8. Installing Basic System Software

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# 8.63. Gawk-5.4.0

The Gawk package contains programs for manipulating text files.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU
Required disk space: 45 MB

## 8.63.1. 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-5.4.0
    make install

The meaning of the command:

rm -f /usr/bin/gawk-5.4.0

  The building system will not recreate the hard link `gawk-5.4.0` if it already exists. Remove it to ensure that the previous hard link installed in Section 6.9, “Gawk-5.4.0” 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:

    install -vDm644 doc/{awkforai.txt,*.{eps,pdf,jpg}} -t /usr/share/doc/gawk-5.4.0

## 8.63.2. Contents of Gawk

Installed programs: awk (link to gawk), gawk, and gawk-5.4.0
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-5.4.0

### Short Descriptions

awk | A link to gawk
gawk | A program for manipulating text files; it is the GNU implementation of awk
gawk-5.4.0 | A hard link to gawk

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