Installing M4, ncurses, bash

m4

tar xf m4-1.4.16.tar.gz 
cd m4-1.4.16
./configure --prefix=/tools
make -j 12
make install
cd ..

ncurses

tar xf ncurses-5.8.tar.gz 
cd ncurses-5.8
./configure --prefix=/tools --with-shared --with-termlib --with-ticlib --with-normal
make -j 12
make install
cd ..

bash

tar xf bash-4.2.tar.gz 
cd bash-4.2
./configure --prefix=/tools
make -j 12
make install
cd ..

We are now ready for next step