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- <sect1 id="pre-prerequisites">
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- <title>Prerequisites</title>
- <para>Building an LFS system is not a simple task. It requires a certain
- level of existing knowledge of Unix system administration in order to resolve
- problems and correctly execute the commands listed. In particular, as an
- absolute minimum, you should already have the ability to use the
- command line (shell) to copy or move files and directories, list directory
- and file contents, and change the current directory. It is also expected that
- you have a reasonable knowledge of using and installing Linux
- software.</para>
- <para>Because the LFS book assumes <emphasis>at least</emphasis> this basic
- level of skill, the various LFS support forums are unlikely to be able to
- provide you with much assistance in these areas. You will find that your
- questions regarding such basic knowledge will likely go unanswered or you
- will simply be referred to the LFS essential pre-reading list.</para>
- <para>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 packages under Linux. Although it
- was written some time ago, it still provides a good summary of the
- basic techniques needed to build and install software.</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. This
- reference is also fairly old, but still valid.</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>
- </itemizedlist>
- </sect1>
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