Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU Estimated required disk space: 2 MB |
(Last checked against version 374.)
Less is a file pager, or text viewer. It displays the contents of a file, or stream, and has the ability to scroll. Less has a few features not included in the more pager, such as the ability to scroll backwards.
Less installs the following:
less, lessecho and lesskey
(Last checked against version 358.)
Bash: sh
Binutils: as, ld
Coreutils: cat, chmod, expr, hostname, install, mv, rm, touch, tr, uname
Diffutils: cmp
Grep: egrep, grep
GCC: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Ncurses: (libraries)
Make: make
Sed: sed
Prepare Less for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --sysconfdir=/etc |
The meaning of the configure option:
--sysconfdir=/etc: This option tells the programs created by the package to look in /etc for their configuration files.
Compile the package:
make |
And install it:
make install |