| 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233 | <sect1 id="pf-prerequisites"><title>Prerequisites</title><?dbhtml filename="prerequisites.html" dir="preface"?><para>This book assumes that its reader has a good deal of knowledge aboutusing and installing Linux software. Before you begin building your LFSsystem, you should read the following HOWTOs:</para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Software-Building-HOWTO</para><para>This is a comprehensive guide to building and installing "generic"UNIX software distributions under Linux. This HOWTO is available at<ulink url="&tldp-root;HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html"/>.</para></listitem><listitem><para>The Linux Users' Guide</para><para>This guide covers the usage of assorted Linux software and isavailable at<ulink url="http://espc22.murdoch.edu.au/~stewart/guide/guide.html"/>.</para></listitem><listitem><para>The Essential Pre-Reading Hint</para><para>This is an LFS Hint written specifically for new users of Linux. It ismostly a list of links to excellent sources of information on a wide range oftopics. Any person attempting to install LFS, should at least have anunderstanding of many of the topics in this hint. It is available at<ulink url="&hints-root;essential_prereading.txt"/></para></listitem></itemizedlist></sect1>
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