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  9. <title>Prerequisites</title>
  10. <para>Building an LFS system is not a simple task. It requires a certain
  11. level of existing knowledge of Unix system administration in order to resolve
  12. problems and correctly execute the commands listed. In particular, as an
  13. absolute minimum, you should already have the ability to use the
  14. command line (shell) to copy or move files and directories, list directory
  15. and file contents, and change the current directory. It is also expected that
  16. you have a reasonable knowledge of using and installing Linux
  17. software.</para>
  18. <para>Because the LFS book assumes <emphasis>at least</emphasis> this basic
  19. level of skill, the various LFS support forums are unlikely to be able to
  20. provide you with much assistance in these areas. You will find that your
  21. questions regarding such basic knowledge will likely go unanswered or you
  22. will simply be referred to the LFS essential pre-reading list.</para>
  23. <para>Before building an LFS system, we recommend reading the following
  24. HOWTOs:</para>
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  26. <listitem>
  27. <para>Software-Building-HOWTO
  28. <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html"/></para>
  29. <para>This is a comprehensive guide to building and installing
  30. <quote>generic</quote> Unix software packages under Linux. Although it
  31. was written some time ago, it still provides a good summary of the
  32. basic techniques needed to build and install software.</para>
  33. </listitem>
  34. <listitem>
  35. <para>The Linux Users' Guide
  36. <ulink url="http://tldp.org/pub/Linux/docs/ldp-archived/users-guide/"/></para>
  37. <para>This guide covers the usage of assorted Linux software. This
  38. reference is also fairly old, but still valid.</para>
  39. </listitem>
  40. <listitem>
  41. <para>The Essential Pre-Reading Hint
  42. <ulink url="&hints-root;essential_prereading.txt"/></para>
  43. <para>This is an LFS Hint written specifically for users new to Linux.
  44. It includes a list of links to excellent sources of information on a
  45. wide range of topics. Anyone attempting to install LFS should have an
  46. understanding of many of the topics in this hint.</para>
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