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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, and Windows platforms. • : Installation instructions. • : How to set special options for various systems. • : How to compile Bash for more than one kind of system from the same source tree. • : How to set the various paths used by the installation. • : How to configure Bash for a particular system. • : How to share default configuration values among GNU programs. • : Options recognized by the configuration program. • : How to enable and disable optional features when building Bash.

Compilers and Options
Installation Names
Specifying the System Type
Optional Features
Basic Installation
Sharing Defaults
Compiling For Multiple Architectures
Operation Controls