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.
| 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. |
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