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# Installing Findutils-4.1.20

    Estimated build time:           0.2 SBU
    Estimated required disk space:  7.6 MB

## Contents of Findutils

(Last checked against version 4.1.20.)

The Findutils package contains programs to find files, either on-the-fly (by doing a live recursive search through directories and only showing files that match the specifications) or by searching through a database.

Installed programs: bigram, code, find, frcode, locate, updatedb and xargs

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## Findutils Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 4.1.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: ar, as, ld, ranlib
Coreutils: basename, cat, chmod, cp, date, echo, hostname, install, mv, rm, tr
Diffutils: cmp
Grep: egrep, grep
GCC: cc1, collect2, cpp, gcc
Make: make
Patch: patch
Sed: sed

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## Installing Findutils

Prepare Findutils to be compiled:

    ./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

    make

This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the following command will do so:

    make check

And install the package:

    make install

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