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<sect1 id="ch06-findutils" xreflabel="Findutils">
<title>Installing Findutils-&findutils-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="findutils.html" dir="chapter06"?>
<para>The Findutils package contains programs to find files. The finding is
done either by doing a live recursive search through a directory tree, or by
consulting a previously set up database.</para>
<screen>&buildtime; &findutils-time;
&diskspace; &findutils-compsize;</screen>
&aa-findutils-down;
&aa-findutils-dep;
<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installation of Findutils</title>
<para>Prepare Findutils for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/locate</userinput></screen>
<para>The default location for the <emphasis>locate</emphasis> database is
<filename>/usr/var</filename>. To make the location of this database
FHS-compliant, add <emphasis>--localstatedir=/var/lib/misc</emphasis>
to the above configure options.</para>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>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:</para>
<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
<para>And install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
&aa-findutils-shortdesc;
&aa-findutils-desc;
</sect1>