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6.34.1. Installation of Bash
Prepare Bash for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/bash-5.0 \
--without-bash-malloc \
--with-installed-readline
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/bash-5.0 \
--without-bash-malloc \
--with-installed-readline
The meaning of the new configure option:
--with-installed-readline
This option tells Bash to use the readline library that is already installed on the system rather than using its own readline version.
Compile the package:
make
make
Skip down to “Install the package” if not running the test suite.
To prepare the tests, ensure that the nobody user can write to the sources tree:
chown -Rv nobody .
chown -Rv nobody .
Now, run the tests as the nobody user:
su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH HOME=/home make tests"
su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH HOME=/home make tests"
Install the package and move the main executable to /bin:
make install
mv -vf /usr/bin/bash /bin
make install
mv -vf /usr/bin/bash /bin
Run the newly compiled bash program (replacing the one that is currently being executed):
exec /bin/bash --login +h
exec /bin/bash --login +h
Note
The parameters used make the bash process an interactive login shell and continue to disable hashing so that new programs are found as they become available.
Note
The parameters used make the bash process an interactive login shell and continue to disable hashing so that new programs are found as they become available.
