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    revision 532 by niro, Sat Sep 1 22:45:15 2007 UTC revision 984 by niro, Sun May 30 11:32:42 2010 UTC
    # Line 5  The BusyBox build process is similar to Line 5  The BusyBox build process is similar to
    5    
    6    make menuconfig     # This creates a file called ".config"    make menuconfig     # This creates a file called ".config"
    7    make                # This creates the "busybox" executable    make                # This creates the "busybox" executable
    8    make install        # or make PREFIX=/path/from/root install    make install        # or make CONFIG_PREFIX=/path/from/root install
    9    
    10  The full list of configuration and install options is available by typing:  The full list of configuration and install options is available by typing:
    11    
    # Line 19  it, is to enable all features and then u Line 19  it, is to enable all features and then u
    19  blank command $PATH.  blank command $PATH.
    20    
    21  To enable all features, use "make defconfig", which produces the largest  To enable all features, use "make defconfig", which produces the largest
    22  general-purpose configuration.  (It's allyesconfig minus debugging options,  general-purpose configuration.  It's allyesconfig minus debugging options,
    23  optional packaging choices, and a few special-purpose features requiring  optional packaging choices, and a few special-purpose features requiring
    24  extra configuration to use.)  extra configuration to use.  Then enable "standalone shell" feature:
    25    
    26    make defconfig    make defconfig
    27      make menuconfig
    28      # select Busybox Settings
    29      #   then General Configuration
    30      #     then exec prefers applets
    31      #   exit back to top level menu
    32      #   select Shells
    33      #     then Standalone shell
    34      #   exit back to top level menu
    35      # exit and save new configuration
    36      #   OR
    37      # use these commands to modify .config directly:
    38      sed -e 's/.*FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS.*/CONFIG_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS=y/' -i .config
    39      sed -e 's/.*FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE.*/CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE=y/' -i .config
    40    make    make
    41    PATH= ./busybox ash    PATH= ./busybox ash
    42    
    # Line 104  somewhere else. Line 117  somewhere else.
    117    
    118  To build out of tree, cd to an empty directory and configure busybox from there:  To build out of tree, cd to an empty directory and configure busybox from there:
    119    
    120    make -f /path/to/source/Makefile defconfig    make KBUILD_SRC=/path/to/source -f /path/to/source/Makefile defconfig
    121    make    make
    122    make install    make install
    123    
    # Line 114  configuration step, as in: Line 127  configuration step, as in:
    127    make O=/some/empty/directory allyesconfig    make O=/some/empty/directory allyesconfig
    128    cd /some/empty/directory    cd /some/empty/directory
    129    make    make
    130    make PREFIX=. install    make CONFIG_PREFIX=. install
    131    
    132  More Information:  More Information:
    133  =================  =================
    134    
    135  Se also the busybox FAQ, under the questions "How can I get started using  Se also the busybox FAQ, under the questions "How can I get started using
    136  BusyBox" and "How do I build a BusyBox-based system?"  The BusyBox FAQ is  BusyBox" and "How do I build a BusyBox-based system?"  The BusyBox FAQ is
    137  available from http://www.busybox.net/FAQ.html or as the file  available from http://www.busybox.net/FAQ.html
     docs/busybox.net/FAQ.html in this tarball.  
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