diff --git a/chapter05/bash-inst.xml b/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
index 5380dbb3b..6bb0a4725 100644
--- a/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
@@ -1,23 +1,6 @@
Installation of Bash
-
-Bash needs a static ncurses library that goes by the name of libcurses.a. Some
-distributions provide this file under the name of libncurses.a. If this is the
-case of your distribution, run the following two commands to fix the problem:
-
-
-
-Note: Normally, the libncurses.a file resides in the /usr/lib directory
-but it might reside in /lib (like it does on LFS systems). Check this
-first and adjust the path in the following commands accordingly:
-
-
-
- cd /usr/lib &&
- ln -s libncurses.a libcurses.a
-
-
Install Bash by running the following commands:
diff --git a/chapter05/tar-inst.xml b/chapter05/tar-inst.xml
index 50851a19d..c9ae8ca26 100644
--- a/chapter05/tar-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/tar-inst.xml
@@ -25,11 +25,10 @@ Install Tar by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=$LFS/usr
--disable-nls \
- --libexecdir=$LFS/usr/bin &&
-
+ --libexecdir=$LFS/usr/bin
+ --bindir=$LFS/bin &&
make LDFLAGS=-static &&
- make install &&
- mv $LFS/usr/bin/tar $LFS/bin
+ make install
diff --git a/chapter06/tar-inst.xml b/chapter06/tar-inst.xml
index b4dc00e13..83f3d6aef 100644
--- a/chapter06/tar-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/tar-inst.xml
@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ directory:
./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/bin
- &&
+ --bindir=/bin &&
make &&
- make install &&
- mv /usr/bin/tar /bin
+ make install