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/

Gerard Beekmans 9e187828fb we use two digits now, not three 23 lat temu
Attic 9b298522b3 [Bug 228] Merge appendices A, B and D 23 lat temu
appendixa 9c83b01986 touch is in fileutils, not textutils 23 lat temu
book b5b9707682 changed ref's like &chapter1; to &chapter01; 23 lat temu
bookinfo 393a3718ef added '2002' to copyright year 23 lat temu
chapter01 b83f9f37ba [Bugs 48, 175, 293 and 320] Updated to bison-1.35, diffutils-2.8.1, texinfo-4.2 and util-linux-2.11q 23 lat temu
chapter02 a119ddbada removed lfs-commands 23 lat temu
chapter03 3566b5392d added some notes how to deal with multiple partitions 23 lat temu
chapter04 c37d0eb032 Fixed typo 23 lat temu
chapter05 272f9b8d7c DOH! Added the missing file, thanks for the heads up Gerard :) 23 lat temu
chapter06 7f022bfb69 removed the part in which we tell that make install isn't used 23 lat temu
chapter07 9e187828fb we use two digits now, not three 23 lat temu
chapter08 ce3379d479 added some formatting tags 23 lat temu
chapter09 48826edeb3 typo 23 lat temu
dedication b822811980 XML changes 24 lat temu
preface fe6591a61f grammar fix 23 lat temu
INSTALL eec26a50f1 txt->TXT 23 lat temu
README 963a21064f update 23 lat temu
index.xml 9e187828fb we use two digits now, not three 23 lat temu
lfs.dsl 8cf9009f35 fix some annoyances in html renderring 24 lat temu

README

How do I convert these XML files to other formats like HTML, PF, PS
and TXT? You need to have some software installed that deal with these
conversions. Please read the INSTALL file how to install the software.
Then come back to this file for examples how to convert these files
into various other formats.

XML to HTML:
------------
Create a directory in which you want to store the HTML files and cd into
that directory. Now run:

mkdir -p chapter0{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} preface appendix{a,b} &&
/usr/bin/openjade -t xml \
-d /usr/share/dsssl/docbook/html/lfs.dsl \
/usr/share/dsssl/docbook/dtds/decls/xml.dcl \
/path/to/index.xml



XML to NOCHUNKS-HTML:
--------------------
The NOCHUNKS HTML version is one big HTML file:
/usr/bin/openjade -t sgml \
-V nochunks \
-d /usr/share/dsssl/docbook/html/lfs.dsl \
/usr/share/dsssl/docbook/dtds/decls/xml.dcl \
/path/to/index.xml > nochunks.html

XML to TXT:
-----------
First create the NOCHUNKS HTML file, then convert by running:
/usr/bin/lynx -dump nochunks.html > output.txt

XML to PS and PDF:
------------------
First create the NOCHUNKS HTML file, then convert by starting
htmldoc. You can use the GUI and select the options. If you're
satisfied with the default options you can run this command:

/usr/bin/htmldoc --book --firstpage p1 -v -t \
-f nochunks.html

replace by pdf13 to create a pdf file or replace by ps3 to
create a ps file. There are other pdf and ps levels, see the man page for
possible other options. Replace with the filename of the ps or
pdf file that is to be generated.