6.16. Sed-4.2.1

The Sed package contains a stream editor.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU

Required disk space: 8.3 MB

6.16.1. Installation of Sed

Prepare Sed for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --htmldir=/usr/share/doc/sed-4.2.1

The meaning of the new configure option:

--htmldir: This sets the directory where the HTML documentation will be installed to.

Compile the package:

make

Generate the HTML documentation:

make html

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Install the HTML documentation:

make -C doc install-html

Installed program: sed

sed

Filters and transforms text files in a single pass