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 9be389cd04 Remove traditional Sysvinit bootscripts and custom Udev rules in preparation for Systemd integration. 12 years ago
appendices 9be389cd04 Remove traditional Sysvinit bootscripts and custom Udev rules in preparation for Systemd integration. 12 years ago
chapter01 9be389cd04 Remove traditional Sysvinit bootscripts and custom Udev rules in preparation for Systemd integration. 12 years ago
chapter02 cb02946abf Lots of spelling fixes. 13 years ago
chapter03 ec9f9d4fc3 Upgrade to Procps-ng-3.3.6 12 years ago
chapter04 a3b3b6fa1f Minor wording change 14 years ago
chapter05 d79d189e7a Generalize the instructions for creating SBU values. 12 years ago
chapter06 c0220ed5ba Change ncurses instructions to create and install .pc files. 12 years ago
chapter07 9be389cd04 Remove traditional Sysvinit bootscripts and custom Udev rules in preparation for Systemd integration. 12 years ago
chapter08 cdd87ad4b7 Revised explanation for /etc/modprobe.conf. 12 years ago
chapter09 86b1ebcfe5 Update udev-lfs scripts 12 years ago
images 192ac089b9 Import the admonition graphics from the DocBook-XSL package. 18 years ago
prologue 79bfd820d4 Remphasize host system requirements in General Compilation Instructions. 12 years ago
stylesheets 79bfd820d4 Remphasize host system requirements in General Compilation Instructions. 12 years ago
INSTALL 0d8c5d4aa4 Fixed ambiguity in INSTALL. 20 years ago
Makefile 9be389cd04 Remove traditional Sysvinit bootscripts and custom Udev rules in preparation for Systemd integration. 12 years ago
README 2dc4a09ed1 Forcing an update to test RSS fixes. 16 years ago
general.ent 9be389cd04 Remove traditional Sysvinit bootscripts and custom Udev rules in preparation for Systemd integration. 12 years ago
index.xml 9be389cd04 Remove traditional Sysvinit bootscripts and custom Udev rules in preparation for Systemd integration. 12 years ago
obfuscate.sh 05d60cedcd Added a versose flag and other fixes to the Makefile. 18 years ago
packages.ent 1105cc6216 Upgrade to Man-Pages-3.46. Fixes #3278. 12 years ago
patches.ent 56dfe5b9fb Upgrade to Bash-4.2.42. Fixes #3268. 12 years ago
pdf-fixups.sh e436213b71 Disable pdf-fixups.sh 14 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