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<sect1 id="ch-beyond-net-wireless_tools" role="wrap">
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  <title>Wireless Tools-&wireless_tools-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-beyond-net-wireless_tools">
    <primary sortas="a-wireless_tools">wireless_tools</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>Wireless Tools is the reference implementation of tools supporting the
    ability to manipulate the Wireless Extensions API supported by most wireless
    LAN networking drivers.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Wireless Tools</title>

    <para os="a">Wireless Tools' <filename>Makefile</filename> contains 
    explicitly which <command>gcc</command>, <command>ar</command>, and
    <command>ranlib</command> to use.  Make sure the 
    <filename class="directory">${CLFS}/cross-tools</filename> versions of 
    these programs are used instead of the host's:</para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i s/gcc/\$\{CLFS\_TARGET\}\-gcc/g Makefile
sed -i s/\ ar/\ \$\{CLFS\_TARGET\}\-ar/g Makefile
sed -i s/ranlib/\$\{CLFS\_TARGET\}\-ranlib/g Makefile</userinput></screen>

    <para os="b">Compile the package:</para>

    <note><para>There are options that can be passed to <command>make</command>
    and <command>make install</command> that will reduce the size and 
    functionality of the Wireless Tools.  See the Wireless Tools
    <filename>INSTALL</filename> file for more information.</para></note>

<screen><userinput>make PREFIX=${CLFS}/usr</userinput></screen>

    <para os="c">Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install PREFIX=${CLFS}/usr</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-wireless_tools" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Wireless Tools</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>iwconfig, iwevent, iwgetid, iwlist,iwpriv, and iwspy</seg>
        <seg>libiw.so</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

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