source: BOOK/boot/common/bc.xml@ efd51b2

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<sect1 id="ch-boot-bc">
  <?dbhtml filename="bc.html"?>

  <title>Bc-&bc-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-boot-bc">
    <primary sortas="a-Bc">Bc</primary>
    <secondary>boot</secondary>
  </indexterm>

  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
  href="../../final-system/common/bc.xml"
  xpointer="xpointer(//*[@role='package'])"/>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Bc</title>

    <para>We will install a <command>bc</command> program that can run
    on the host system, as this is needed to compile the kernel.</para>

    <para>Prepare Bc for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>CC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/cross-tools</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>CC=gcc</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This ensures that we use the host's compiler to build Bc,
          since we need it to run on the host system.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title/>

    <para>Details on this package are located in <xref
    linkend="contents-bc" role="."/></para>

  </sect2>

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