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/

Matthew Burgess 4398c2211a Added switch to install udev documentation in the proper versioned directory. Fixes #2459. 16 rokov pred
appendices 53eff30a24 Update Acknowledgements 16 rokov pred
bootscripts 45aa421b3f Correct a couple of issues in the bootscript documentation. Fixes #2469. 16 rokov pred
chapter01 4398c2211a Added switch to install udev documentation in the proper versioned directory. Fixes #2459. 16 rokov pred
chapter02 8e3448a108 Commented out "LFS next to existing hints" until its viability can be established. 16 rokov pred
chapter03 9cccea2aed Remove Berkeley DB; Man-DB uses GDBM now. Fixes #2440. 16 rokov pred
chapter04 fe6ca49e2b Apply a few text updates from Chris Staub. Fixes #2442. 16 rokov pred
chapter05 c4ca803f05 Further improvements to toolchain technical notes. Fixes #2461. 16 rokov pred
chapter06 4398c2211a Added switch to install udev documentation in the proper versioned directory. Fixes #2459. 16 rokov pred
chapter07 4398c2211a Added switch to install udev documentation in the proper versioned directory. Fixes #2459. 16 rokov pred
chapter08 764b5cf62b Add a reference to the kernel-configuration hint 16 rokov pred
chapter09 d10c9d9eea Various text and grammar updates. Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch. Fixes #2458. 16 rokov pred
images 192ac089b9 Import the admonition graphics from the DocBook-XSL package. 18 rokov pred
prologue dc96e56c08 Change output if readelf to render on one line like the actual output. 16 rokov pred
stylesheets 77e2988b31 Minor changes for consistent pdf generation 16 rokov pred
udev-config 63f6e21758 Change the bootsripts and udev configuration so the rtc is set by udev upon boot. 16 rokov pred
INSTALL 0d8c5d4aa4 Fixed ambiguity in INSTALL. 20 rokov pred
Makefile 8e66c9dc50 Add maketar to the nochunks dependency list, to create the bootscripts and udev-config tarballs for it as well. 16 rokov pred
README 05e94658c6 Updated README and INSTALL. 20 rokov pred
aux-file-data.sh f56f0428d3 Date type and remove some tab characters 17 rokov pred
general.ent 4398c2211a Added switch to install udev documentation in the proper versioned directory. Fixes #2459. 16 rokov pred
index.xml 12bc33686f Add udev rules as an appendix 17 rokov pred
make-aux-files.sh 1c4800743d Moved bootscripts and udev-config to BOOK 17 rokov pred
obfuscate.sh 05d60cedcd Added a versose flag and other fixes to the Makefile. 18 rokov pred
packages.ent facba04564 Upgrade to Autoconf-2.64. Fixes #2467. 16 rokov pred
patches.ent ebabbb783e Add latests upstream Vim patches. Fixes #2449. 16 rokov pred
process-scripts.sh abcee477f0 Change book build scripts to specify bash, not sh 17 rokov pred
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 rokov pred

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