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# Installing Bash

## Installation of Bash

Install Bash by running the following commands:

> `./configure --prefix=/usr --with-curses &&`
> `make &&`
> `make install &&`
> `logout`
> `mv $LFS/usr/bin/bash $LFS/usr/bin/bashbug $LFS/bin`

The static bash is replaced with the dynamic bash and the chroot'ed environment is re-entered by running:

> `cd $LFS &&`
> `chroot $LFS /usr/bin/env -i HOME=/root \`
> `TERM=$TERM /bin/bash --login`

## Contents

The Bash package contains the bash program

## Description

Bash is the Bourne-Again SHell, which is a widely used command interpreter on Unix systems. Bash is a program that reads from standard input, the keyboard. A user types something and the program will evaluate what he has typed and do something with it, like running a program.

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