Linux from scratch manual

Table of Contents

Preface

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Foreword

• Audience
• LFS Target Architectures
• Prerequisites
• LFS and Standards
• Rationale for Packages in the Book
• Typography
• Structure
• Errata and Security Advisories

I. Introduction

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1. Introduction

• How to Build an LFS System
• What’s new since the last release
• Changelog
• Resources
• Help

II. Preparing for the Build

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2. Preparing the Host System

• Introduction
• Host System Requirements
• Building LFS in Stages
• Creating a New Partition
• Creating a File System on the Partition
• Setting The $LFS Variable
• Mounting the New Partition

3. Packages and Patches

• Introduction
• All Packages
• Needed Patches

4. Final Preparations

• Introduction
• Creating a Limited Directory Layout in the LFS Filesystem
• Adding the LFS User
• Setting Up the Environment
• About SBUs
• About the Test Suites

III. Building the LFS Cross Toolchain and Temporary Tools

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Important Preliminary Material

• Introduction
• Toolchain Technical Notes
• General Compilation Instructions

5. Compiling a Cross-Toolchain

• Introduction
• Binutils-2.40 - Pass 1
• GCC-12.2.0 - Pass 1
• Linux-6.1.11 API Headers
• Glibc-2.37
• Libstdc++ from GCC-12.2.0

6. Cross Compiling Temporary Tools

• Introduction
• M4-1.4.19
• Ncurses-6.4
• Bash-5.2.15
• Coreutils-9.1
• Diffutils-3.9
• File-5.44
• Findutils-4.9.0
• Gawk-5.2.1
• Grep-3.8
• Gzip-1.12
• Make-4.4
• Patch-2.7.6
• Sed-4.9
• Tar-1.34
• Xz-5.4.1
• Binutils-2.40 - Pass 2
• GCC-12.2.0 - Pass 2

7. Entering Chroot and Building Additional Temporary Tools

• Introduction
• Changing Ownership
• Preparing Virtual Kernel File Systems
• Entering the Chroot Environment
• Creating Directories
• Creating Essential Files and Symlinks
• Gettext-0.21.1
• Bison-3.8.2
• Perl-5.36.0
• Python-3.11.2
• Texinfo-7.0.2
• Util-linux-2.38.1
• Cleaning up and Saving the Temporary System

IV. Building the LFS System

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8. Installing Basic System Software

• Introduction
• Package Management
• Man-pages-6.03
• Iana-Etc-20230202
• Glibc-2.37
• Zlib-1.2.13
• Bzip2-1.0.8
• Xz-5.4.1
• Zstd-1.5.4
• File-5.44
• Readline-8.2
• M4-1.4.19
• Bc-6.2.4
• Flex-2.6.4
• Tcl-8.6.13
• Expect-5.45.4
• DejaGNU-1.6.3
• Binutils-2.40
• GMP-6.2.1
• MPFR-4.2.0
• MPC-1.3.1
• Attr-2.5.1
• Acl-2.3.1
• Libcap-2.67
• Shadow-4.13
• GCC-12.2.0
• Pkg-config-0.29.2
• Ncurses-6.4
• Sed-4.9
• Psmisc-23.6
• Gettext-0.21.1
• Bison-3.8.2
• Grep-3.8
• Bash-5.2.15
• Libtool-2.4.7
• GDBM-1.23
• Gperf-3.1
• Expat-2.5.0
• Inetutils-2.4
• Less-608
• Perl-5.36.0
• XML::Parser-2.46
• Intltool-0.51.0
• Autoconf-2.71
• Automake-1.16.5
• OpenSSL-3.0.8
• Kmod-30
• Libelf from Elfutils-0.188
• Libffi-3.4.4
• Python-3.11.2
• Wheel-0.38.4
• Ninja-1.11.1
• Meson-1.0.0
• Coreutils-9.1
• Check-0.15.2
• Diffutils-3.9
• Gawk-5.2.1
• Findutils-4.9.0
• Groff-1.22.4
• GRUB-2.06
• Gzip-1.12
• IPRoute2-6.1.0
• Kbd-2.5.1
• Libpipeline-1.5.7
• Make-4.4
• Patch-2.7.6
• Tar-1.34
• Texinfo-7.0.2
• Vim-9.0.1273
• Eudev-3.2.11
• Man-DB-2.11.2
• Procps-ng-4.0.2
• Util-linux-2.38.1
• E2fsprogs-1.47.0
• Sysklogd-1.5.1
• Sysvinit-3.06
• About Debugging Symbols
• Stripping
• Cleaning Up

9. System Configuration

• Introduction
• LFS-Bootscripts-20230101
• Overview of Device and Module Handling
• Managing Devices
• General Network Configuration
• System V Bootscript Usage and Configuration
• The Bash Shell Startup Files
• Creating the /etc/inputrc File
• Creating the /etc/shells File

10. Making the LFS System Bootable

• Introduction
• Creating the /etc/fstab File
• Linux-6.1.11
• Using GRUB to Set Up the Boot Process

11. The End

• The End
• Get Counted
• Rebooting the System
• Additional Resources
• Getting Started After LFS

V. Appendices

• A. Acronyms and Terms
• B. Acknowledgments
• C. Dependencies
• D. Boot and sysconfig scripts version-20230101
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
  • /lib/lsb/init-functions
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/mountvirtfs
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/modules
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/udev
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/swap
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/setclock
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/checkfs
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/mountfs
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/udev_retry
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/console
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/localnet
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysctl
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysklogd
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/network
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendsignals
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/reboot
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt
  • /etc/rc.d/init.d/template
  • /etc/sysconfig/modules
  • /etc/sysconfig/createfiles
  • /etc/sysconfig/udev-retry
  • /sbin/ifup
  • /sbin/ifdown
  • /lib/services/ipv4-static
  • /lib/services/ipv4-static-route
• E. Udev configuration rules
  • 55-lfs.rules
• F. LFS Licenses
  • Creative Commons License
  • The MIT License

Index

User guide for virtualbox

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