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<title>Introduction</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter05"?>
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-<para>In the following chapters we will install all the software that belongs
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-to a basic Linux system. After you're done with this and the next chapter,
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-you'll have a fully working Linux system. The remaining chapters deal
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-with creating the boot scripts, making the LFS system bootable and
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-setting up basic networking.</para>
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-
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-<para>The software in this chapter will be linked statically and will be
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-reinstalled in the next chapter and linked dynamically. The
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-reason for the static version first is that there is a chance that our
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-normal Linux system and the LFS system aren't using the same C
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-Library versions. If the programs in the first part are linked against
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-an older C library version, those programs might not work well on the
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-LFS system. Another reason is to resolve circular dependencies. An
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-example of such a dependency is that you need a compiler to install a
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-compiler, and you're going to need a shell to install a shell and that
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-compiler.</para>
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-
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-<para>All the files from this chapter will be installed under the <filename
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-class="directory">$LFS/static</filename> directory. By doing it this way,
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-we keep the installation from this chapter separate from the final
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-installation in the next chapter. Everything done here is only temporarily
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-so we don't want it to pollute the to-be LFS system.</para>
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-
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-<para>The key to learning what makes Linux tick is to know exactly what packages
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-are used for and why a user or the system needs them. Descriptions
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-of the package content are provided after the Installation subsection of each
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-package and in Appendix A as well.</para>
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-
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-<para>During the installation of various packages, you will more than likely see
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-all kinds of compiler warnings scrolling by on the screen. These are
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-normal and can be safely ignored. They are just that, warnings (mostly
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-about improper use of the C or C++ syntax, but not illegal use. It's just
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-that, often, C standards changed and packages still use the old standard
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-which is not a problem).</para>
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-
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-<para>Before we start, make sure the LFS environment variable is set up
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+<para>In this chapter we will compile and install a minimal
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+Linux system. This system will contain just enough tools to be able
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+to start constructing the final LFS system in the next chapter.</para>
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+
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+<para>The software in this chapter will be linked statically, because
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+there is a possibility that your host Linux system uses a different
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+version of the C library than the version you downloaded for
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+use in your LFS system. If we were to link the programs in this
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+chapter against that older C library, these programs might work
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+incorrectly, or not at all, when we change to the LFS system.</para>
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+
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+<para>The files compiled in this chapter will be installed under the
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+<filename class="directory">$LFS/static</filename> directory,
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+to keep them separate from the files installed in the next chapter.
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+As everything done here is only temporarily, we don't want
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+these files to pollute the to-be LFS system.</para>
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+
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+<para>The key to learning what makes a Linux system work is to know
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+exactly what each package is used for, and why the user or the system
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+needs it. For this purpose a short description of the content of each
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+package is given right after the installation instructions.</para>
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+
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+<para>During the installation of several packages you will probably
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+see all kinds of compiler warnings scroll by on your screen. These are
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+normal and can be safely ignored. They are just what they say they are:
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+warnings -- mostly about improper, but not illegal, use of the C or C++
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+syntax. It's just that C standards have changed rather often and some
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+packages still use the older standard, which is not really a problem.</para>
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+
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+<para>Before you start, make sure the LFS environment variable is set up
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properly if you decided to make use of it. Run the following:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>echo $LFS</userinput></screen></para>
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Gerard Beekmans