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 aaa3260c03 Last upstream server change, fixes an validation issue 20 years ago
appendixa e431af6961 Text dropped in prologue. 20 years ago
appendixb e431af6961 Text dropped in prologue. 20 years ago
chapter01 86ca6e777e Updated gcc testresults link to be appropriate for gcc 3.4.3 20 years ago
chapter02 1422130085 Dropped/updated the text in unstable - Chapter01, 02 and 09. 20 years ago
chapter03 aaa3260c03 Last upstream server change, fixes an validation issue 20 years ago
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chapter05 242448316a Removed text in chapter 05 - last round. 20 years ago
chapter06 fcbc3481c5 Fixed shadow - thanks David Jensen and Robert Connolly 20 years ago
chapter07 1d317bbf05 Removed text in chapter 07. 20 years ago
chapter08 e0a04e86b2 Removed text in chapter 08. 20 years ago
chapter09 ae79672711 More text dropped. 20 years ago
prologue e431af6961 Text dropped in prologue. 20 years ago
stylesheets faf3398093 Unstable use docbook-xsl-1.67.2. 20 years ago
INSTALL b8e37b35aa BLFS now handles installing ANT 20 years ago
Makefile f7bd105db3 Updated the stylesheets and Makefile. 20 years ago
README f067d1ded4 Corrected Makefile at suggestion of Richard Downing - make BASEDIR=/some/path instead of BASEDIR=/some/path make 21 years ago
TODO 32cc259af0 Reverting previous change - commit now works 21 years ago
general.ent d16b694bc3 Changed freshmeat links to upstream server links 20 years ago
index.xml 6d3af72bf2 Updated index.xml 20 years ago
tidy.conf ded6dddb89 Updated the stylesheets to their current version. 21 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 PDF:
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make pdf &&
cp lfs.pdf /path/to/output/location