Contents
Installed Programs:
ed and red
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directories:
None
Introduction to Ed
Ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text files, both interactively and via shell scripts. Ed isn't something which many people use. It's described here because it can be used by the patch program if you encounter an ed-based patch file. This happens rarely because diff-based patches are preferred these days.
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Note
Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.
Package Information
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Download (HTTP): https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/ed-1.20.2.tar.lz
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Download MD5 sum: 8f31ca1cb5a2e2ca8ee2598cc0bf53e1
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Download size: 68 KB
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Estimated disk space required: 1.0 MB
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Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
Ed Dependencies
Required to uncompress the tarball
libarchive-3.7.7 (for bsdtar)
Installation of Ed
Install Ed by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make
To test the results, issue: make check.
Now, as the root user:
make install