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<title>Prerequisites</title>
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<para>This book assumes that the reader has a reasonable knowledge of using
and installing Linux software. Before building an LFS system, we
recommend reading the following HOWTOs:</para>

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<listitem><para>Software-Building-HOWTO
<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html"/></para>

<para>This is a comprehensive guide to building and installing
<quote>generic</quote> Unix software distributions under Linux.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>The Linux Users' Guide
<ulink url="http://www.linuxhq.com/guides/LUG/guide.html"/></para>

<para>This guide covers the usage of assorted Linux software.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>The Essential Pre-Reading Hint
<ulink url="&hints-root;essential_prereading.txt"/></para>

<para>This is an LFS Hint written specifically for users new to Linux.
It includes a list of links to excellent sources of information on a
wide range of topics. Anyone attempting to install LFS should have an
understanding of many of the topics in this hint.</para></listitem>

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