Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch - Version GIT-20170803-MIPS64-Multilib

Chapter 6. Constructing a Temporary System

6.12. Bzip2-1.0.6

The Bzip2 package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files. Compressing text files with bzip2 yields a much better compression percentage than with the traditional gzip.

6.12.1. Installation of Bzip2

Bzip2's default Makefile target automatically runs the test suite as well. We need to remove the tests since they won't work on a multi-architecture build, and change the default lib path to lib64: 

cp -v Makefile{,.orig}
sed -e 's@^\(all:.*\) test@\1@g' \
    -e 's@/lib\(/\| \|$\)@/lib64\1@g' Makefile.orig > Makefile

The Bzip2 package does not contain a configure script. Compile it with: 

make CC="${CC}" AR="${AR}" RANLIB="${RANLIB}"

Install the package: 

make PREFIX=/tools install

Details on this package are located in Section 10.68.2, “Contents of Bzip2.”