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/

Manuel Canales Esparcia 24d0e748a4 Fixed date (missing in r7404) 19 years ago
appendixa 28bb06349a Various textual corrections. Thanks Chris Staub. 19 years ago
appendixb 8e8f00393a Appendices indentation. 19 years ago
chapter01 8a5d617f97 Removal of -D_GNU_SOURCE from Chapter 5 - patch. Thanks for Dan Nicholson for the patch. 19 years ago
chapter02 87bae3144c Indented chapter 02. 19 years ago
chapter03 7e60160f65 Add Bash patches 009 and 010 from upstream 19 years ago
chapter04 6a3b6af435 Indented chapter 04. 19 years ago
chapter05 8a5d617f97 Removal of -D_GNU_SOURCE from Chapter 5 - patch. Thanks for Dan Nicholson for the patch. 19 years ago
chapter06 7660d675a5 Added a few missing userinput tags. 19 years ago
chapter07 f76cde828d Move creation of /etc/hosts in Perl, to remove another ICA difference. 19 years ago
chapter08 a1e18fa508 Install Linux kernel documentation. Fixes bug 1683 19 years ago
chapter09 13a9dc2d62 Indented chapter01 except changelog.xml. 19 years ago
prologue cc25e353c3 Fixed copyright year. 19 years ago
stylesheets 3bf7cb6f01 Send an email to lfs-book if the patcheslist.xsl script produces errors. Thanks to Bruce Dubbs 19 years ago
INSTALL 0d8c5d4aa4 Fixed ambiguity in INSTALL. 20 years ago
Makefile 2c5e4d5994 Added dump-commands.xsl. 20 years ago
README 05e94658c6 Updated README and INSTALL. 20 years ago
general.ent 24d0e748a4 Fixed date (missing in r7404) 19 years ago
index.xml df42a9a98e Moved chap2 to part2 and a slight rewording. 20 years ago
obfuscate.sh fbb5e45367 Added obfuscate.sh to test it in production mode. 20 years ago
patches.ent 28bb0402a6 New bash fixes patch adds patch 011 from Bash upstream. 19 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 20 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