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Installing Bash
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   This chapter provides basic instructions for installing Bash on the
various supported platforms.  The distribution supports the GNU
operating systems, nearly every version of Unix, and several non-Unix
systems such as BeOS and Interix.  Other independent ports exist for
MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows 95/98, and Windows NT.

Basic Installation

Installation instructions.

Compilers and Options

How to set special options for various

systems.

Compiling For Multiple Architectures

How to compile Bash for more

than one kind of system from the same source tree.

Installation Names

How to set the various paths used by the installation.

Specifying the System Type

How to configure Bash for a particular system.

Sharing Defaults

How to share default configuration values among GNU

programs.

Operation Controls

Options recognized by the configuration program.

Optional Features

How to enable and disable optional features when

building Bash.