%general-entities; %patches-entities; ]> Less-&less-version; Less <para>The Less package contains a text file viewer.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Less Prepare Less for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc The meaning of the configure option: --sysconfdir=/etc This option tells the programs created by the package to look in /etc for the configuration files. Compile the package: make Install the package: make install Contents of Less Installed programs less, lessecho, and lesskey Short Descriptions less A file viewer or pager; it displays the contents of the given file, letting the user scroll, find strings, and jump to marks less lessecho Needed to expand meta-characters, such as * and ?, in filenames on Unix systems lessecho lesskey Used to specify the key bindings for less lesskey