6.37. Installing File-4.04

6.37.1. Contents of File

File is a utility used to determine file types.

Installed program: file

Installed library: libmagic.[a,so]

6.37.2.

6.37.3. File Installation Dependencies

File depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, Zlib.

6.37.4.

6.37.5. Installation of File

Prepare File for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

And install it:

make install