source: BOOK/cross-tools/common/file.xml@ 665c544

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<sect1 id="ch-cross-tools-file" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="file.html"?>

  <title>File-&file-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-cross-tools-file">
    <primary sortas="a-File">File</primary>
    <secondary>cross tools</secondary>
  </indexterm>

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

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/cross-tools --disable-static</userinput></screen>

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

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--disable-static</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This tells the File package not to compile or install static
          libraries, which are not needed for the Cross-Tools</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-file" role="."/></para>

  </sect2>

</sect1>