you need to execute the command(s) from inside the directory
of the package you're installing (the one you just untarred). For example:
Code:
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$ tar xf binutils-2.16.1.tar.bz2
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$ cd binutils-2.16.1
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-2.16.1$ mkdir -v ../binutils-build
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-2.16.1$ cd ../binutils-build
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build$ ../binutils-2.16.1/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls
$LFS is the directory that is going to be your
new Linux From Scratch root directory in Chapter 6, so
you should do your untarring of the packages in some
subdirectory of $LFS. You can name this
subdirectory whatever you like, but 'sources' is a good
choice. After you've untarred the package, cd into the
newly created subdirectory (i.e. /mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-2.16.1)
and follow the commands from the book.