source: BOOK/final-system/common/less.xml @ 8779a20

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Last change on this file since 8779a20 was 8779a20, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 18 years ago

r671@server (orig r669): manuel | 2005-11-09 02:48:38 -0800
Install the binaries from Less to /usr/bin instead of /bin.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  <!ENTITY % patches-entities SYSTEM "../../patches.ent">
6  %general-entities;
7  %patches-entities;
8]>
9
10<sect1 id="ch-system-less" role="wrap">
11  <?dbhtml filename="less.html"?>
12
13  <title>Less-&less-version;</title>
14
15  <indexterm zone="ch-system-less">
16    <primary sortas="a-Less">Less</primary>
17  </indexterm>
18
19  <sect2 role="package">
20    <title/>
21
22    <para>The Less package contains a text file viewer.</para>
23
24    <segmentedlist>
25      <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
26      <seglistitem>
27
28        <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
29        GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg>
30      </seglistitem>
31    </segmentedlist>
32
33  </sect2>
34
35  <sect2 role="installation">
36    <title>Installation of Less</title>
37
38    <para os="a">Prepare Less for compilation:</para>
39
40<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>
41
42    <variablelist os="b">
43      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
44
45      <varlistentry>
46        <term><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter></term>
47        <listitem>
48          <para>This option tells the programs created by the package to look
49          in <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> for the configuration
50          files.</para>
51        </listitem>
52      </varlistentry>
53    </variablelist>
54
55    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
56
57<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
58
59    <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
60
61<screen os="f"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
62
63  </sect2>
64
65  <sect2 id="contents-less" role="content">
66    <title>Contents of Less</title>
67
68    <segmentedlist>
69      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
70
71      <seglistitem>
72        <seg>less, lessecho, and lesskey</seg>
73      </seglistitem>
74    </segmentedlist>
75
76    <variablelist>
77      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
78      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
79      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
80
81      <varlistentry id="less">
82        <term><command>less</command></term>
83        <listitem>
84          <para>A file viewer or pager; it displays the contents of the given
85          file, letting the user scroll, find strings, and jump to marks</para>
86          <indexterm zone="ch-system-less less">
87            <primary sortas="b-less">less</primary>
88          </indexterm>
89        </listitem>
90      </varlistentry>
91
92      <varlistentry id="lessecho">
93        <term><command>lessecho</command></term>
94        <listitem>
95          <para>Needed to expand meta-characters, such as <emphasis>*</emphasis>
96          and <emphasis>?</emphasis>, in filenames on Unix systems</para>
97          <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho">
98            <primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary>
99          </indexterm>
100        </listitem>
101      </varlistentry>
102
103      <varlistentry id="lesskey">
104        <term><command>lesskey</command></term>
105        <listitem>
106          <para>Used to specify the key bindings for
107          <command>less</command></para>
108          <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lesskey">
109            <primary sortas="b-lesskey">lesskey</primary>
110          </indexterm>
111        </listitem>
112      </varlistentry>
113
114    </variablelist>
115
116  </sect2>
117
118</sect1>
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