Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own customized Linux system entirely from source. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/

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chapter02 cb02946abf Lots of spelling fixes. 11 years ago
chapter03 ce935eba24 Upgrade to IPRoute2-3.6.0. Fixes #3196. 11 years ago
chapter04 a3b3b6fa1f Minor wording change 13 years ago
chapter05 5cef3143bf Update udev explanation. 11 years ago
chapter06 ce935eba24 Upgrade to IPRoute2-3.6.0. Fixes #3196. 11 years ago
chapter07 12574f2c42 Add boot/shutdown script customization instructions 11 years ago
chapter08 94d3eee6e4 Update grub packages and naming conventions example. 11 years ago
chapter09 6e83fc16f3 Add /etc/lsb-release to Chapter 9 12 years ago
images 192ac089b9 Import the admonition graphics from the DocBook-XSL package. 17 years ago
prologue 14377f4ac0 Update LFS target architectures. 11 years ago
stylesheets 06d04ebbfb Add some prereqs to udev-lfs to support make with j > 1 11 years ago
udev-lfs 12574f2c42 Add boot/shutdown script customization instructions 11 years ago
INSTALL 0d8c5d4aa4 Fixed ambiguity in INSTALL. 19 years ago
Makefile b398f4c4b9 Revert erroneous stylesheet changes, applied by mistake. 11 years ago
README 2dc4a09ed1 Forcing an update to test RSS fixes. 15 years ago
aux-file-data.sh b2b1e1aa5f Move directory to make build easier 11 years ago
general.ent 8b68559612 Fix Flex build via jhalfs. Regression introduced in r9999. 11 years ago
index.xml d944136079 Replaced deprecated w3.org XInclude throughout the book 14 years ago
make-aux-files.sh f896e21c3f Updated udev to version 186. This update has a major procedure 12 years ago
obfuscate.sh 05d60cedcd Added a versose flag and other fixes to the Makefile. 17 years ago
packages.ent 12574f2c42 Add boot/shutdown script customization instructions 11 years ago
patches.ent ce935eba24 Upgrade to IPRoute2-3.6.0. Fixes #3196. 11 years ago
pdf-fixups.sh e436213b71 Disable pdf-fixups.sh 13 years ago
process-scripts.sh b2b1e1aa5f Move directory to make build easier 11 years ago
tidy.conf 58f10f85ed HTML Tidy's newline detection appears to be broken. Force LF line endings assuming people are rendering on a Linux box 19 years ago

README

LFS Book README

This document is meant to instruct the user on how to convert the book's XML
source to other formats (e.g. HTML, PDF, PS and TXT). First, if you have not
already done so, please read the INSTALL file for instructions on how to install
the required software. If you have already completed the steps outlined in the
INSTALL file, then continue reading for examples how to convert these files into
various other formats.

XML to XHTML:
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make BASEDIR=/path/to/output/location


XML to single file XHTML (nochunks):
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make BASEDIR=/path/to/output/location nochunks


XML to TXT
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Follow the instructions for nochunks and then run:
lynx -dump /path/to/nochunks >/path/to/output


XML to PDF:
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make BASEDIR=/path/to/output/location pdf