Installed
programs: bash, bashbug, and
sh (link to bash)
6.37. Bash-3.0
The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.
Approximate build
time: 1.2 SBU
Required disk
space: 20.6 MB
Installation depends
on: Binutils, Coreutils,
Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and
Sed.
6.37.1. Installation of Bash
If you downloaded the Bash documentation tarball and wish to install HTML documentation, issue the following commands:
tar -xvf ../bash-doc-3.0.tar.gz &&
sed -i "s|htmldir = @htmldir@|htmldir = /usr/share/doc/bash-3.0|" \
Makefile.in
The following patch fixes various issues, including a problem where Bash will sometimes only show 33 characters on a line, then wrap to the next:
patch -Np1 -i ../bash-3.0-fixes-3.patch
Bash also has issues when compiled against newer versions of Glibc. The following patch resolves this problem:
patch -Np1 -i ../bash-3.0-avoid_WCONTINUED-1.patch
Prepare Bash for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \
--without-bash-malloc --with-installed-readline
The meaning of the configure options:
- --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
To test the results, issue: make tests.
Install the package:
make install
Run the newly compiled bash program (replacing the one that is currently being executed):
exec /bin/bash --login +h
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
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.