8.34.1. Installation of Bash
Prepare Bash for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/bash-5.1.8 \
--without-bash-malloc \
--with-installed-readline
The meaning of the new configure option:
-
--with-installed-readline
-
This option tells Bash to use the readline
library that is already installed
on the system rather than using its own readline version.
Compile the package:
make
Skip down to “Install
the package” if not running the test suite.
To prepare the tests, ensure that the tester
user can write to the sources tree:
chown -Rv tester .
The testsuite of the package is designed to be run as a non-root
user that owns the terminal connected to standard input. To satisfy
the requirement, spawn a new pseudo terminal using Expect and run the tests as the tester
user:
su -s /usr/bin/expect tester << EOF
set timeout -1
spawn make tests
expect eof
lassign [wait] _ _ _ value
exit $value
EOF
Install the package:
make install
Run the newly compiled bash program (replacing the one
that is currently being executed):
exec /bin/bash --login +h
Note
The parameters used make the bash process an interactive
login shell and continues to disable hashing so that new programs
are found as they become available.