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 9ff39e2880 Fix a couple of typos in Chapter 3 19 years ago
appendices a92b3e7bdc Move to ext3, resolves #1792. 19 years ago
chapter01 ad3a1368b0 Fix a couple of typos in Chapter 1 19 years ago
chapter02 1b737e6e23 Minor rewording, also removes unnecessary visible whitespace. 19 years ago
chapter03 9ff39e2880 Fix a couple of typos in Chapter 3 19 years ago
chapter04 6a3b6af435 Indented chapter 04. 19 years ago
chapter05 0b37960b44 Updated stripping notes to reflect current findings. 19 years ago
chapter06 83b720b0b5 Made the directory tree creation more concise and removed the extraneous 19 years ago
chapter07 0090db5c7b Changed typography convections. 19 years ago
chapter08 a92b3e7bdc Move to ext3, resolves #1792. 19 years ago
chapter09 13a9dc2d62 Indented chapter01 except changelog.xml. 19 years ago
prologue a12d50787f Fix a couple of typos in the prologue 19 years ago
stylesheets bb79f907df Look fix for HTML output. 19 years ago
INSTALL 0d8c5d4aa4 Fixed ambiguity in INSTALL. 20 years ago
Makefile 7b089c3f09 Changed Makefile to pull the images from the directory into was installed the actual DocBook-XSL version used in our cunstoms stylesheets. 19 years ago
README 05e94658c6 Updated README and INSTALL. 20 years ago
general.ent 83b720b0b5 Made the directory tree creation more concise and removed the extraneous 19 years ago
index.xml abe30076b3 Placed all appendices into a common dir. 19 years ago
obfuscate.sh fbb5e45367 Added obfuscate.sh to test it in production mode. 20 years ago
patches.ent 534f5b8d8f Added MD5 sums for packages and patches. 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