6.14. Grep-2.5.1a

The Grep package contains programs for searching through files.

6.14.1. Installation of Grep

Prepare Grep for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools \
    --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
    --disable-perl-regexp

The meaning of the configure options:

--disable-perl-regexp

This ensures that the grep program does not get linked against a Perl Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library that may be present on the host but will not be available when building the final system.

Compile the package:

make

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 10.33.2, “Contents of Grep.”