beekmans g. - linux from scratch ver 4.0)(en)

8/9/2019 Beekmans G. - Linux From Scratch Ver 4.0)(en)

1/275

Linux From Scratch

Version 4.0

Gerard Beekmans

Copyright 19992002 by Gerard Beekmans

This book describes the process of creating a Linux system from scratch, using nothing but the sources of the

required software.

Copyright (c) 19992002, Gerard Beekmans

All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that

the following conditions are met:

Redistributions in any form must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the

following disclaimer.

Neither the name of "Linux From Scratch" nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse

or promote products derived from this material without specific prior written permission.

Any material derived from Linux From Scratch must contain a reference to the "Linux From Scratch"

project.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS''

AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE

IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE

ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR

ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL

DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS ORSERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER

CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,

OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE

OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my loving and supportive wife Beverly Beekmans.


2/275

Table of ContentsPreface..................................................................................................................................................................1

Foreword..................................................................................................................................................1

Who would want to read this book..........................................................................................................1

Who would not want to read this book....................................................................................................2

Organization.............................................................................................................................................2

Part I Introduction....................................................................................................................2

Part II Installation of the base LFS system..............................................................................2

Part III Appendixes..................................................................................................................2

I. Part I Introduction.............................................................................................................................3

Chapter 1. Introduction......................................................................................................................................4

Acknowledgments....................................................................................................................................4

How things are going to be done.............................................................................................................5

Conventions used in this book.................................................................................................................5

Book version............................................................................................................................................6

Mirror sites...............................................................................................................................................6HTTP Mirrors.............................................................................................................................6

FTP Mirrors................................................................................................................................7

Changelog................................................................................................................................................8

Mailing lists and archives......................................................................................................................13

lfssupport................................................................................................................................13

lfsdev......................................................................................................................................13

lfsannounce.............................................................................................................................13

lfssecurity...............................................................................................................................14

lfsbook............ ........................................................................................................................14

lfschat.....................................................................................................................................14

alfsdiscuss...............................................................................................................................14blfsdev....................................................................................................................................14

blfsbook.......... ........................................................................................................................14

blfssupport...... ........................................................................................................................14

Mail archives.............................................................................................................................14

How to post to a list..................................................................................................................15

How to subscribe?.....................................................................................................................15

How to unsubscribe?.................................................................................................................15

Other list modes........................................................................................................................15

Digests......................................................................................................................................16

Vacation....................................................................................................................................16

News server............................................................................................................................................16FAQ.......................................................................................................................................................16

Contact information.............. .................................................................................................................16

Chapter 2. Important information..................................................................................................................17

About $LFS............................................................................................................................................17

About SBUs...........................................................................................................................................17

Where to store the downloaded software...............................................................................................18

How to install the software....................................................................................................................18

Which Platform?....................................................................................................................................19

How to ask for help................................................................................................................................19

Linux From Scratch

i


3/275

Table of ContentsChapter 2. Important information

Things to mention.....................................................................................................................19

Configure problems..................................................................................................................20

Compile problems.....................................................................................................................20

II. Part II Installing the LFS system...................................................................................................20

Chapter 3. Packages that need to be downloaded..........................................................................................22

Introduction............................................................................................................................................22

Packages that need to be downloaded....................................................................................................22

Chapter 4. Preparing a new partition.............................................................................................................26

Introduction............................................................................................................................................26

Creating a new partition.........................................................................................................................26

Creating a file system on the new partition...........................................................................................26

Mounting the new partition....................................................................................................................27

Chapter 5. Preparing the LFS system.............................................................................................................28

Introduction............................................................................................................................................28

Why do we use static linking?...............................................................................................................28

Creating the $LFS/static directory................. ........................................................................................29

Install all software as an unprivileged user............................................................................................29

Installing Bash2.05a............................................................................................................................30

Installation of Bash...................................................................................................................30

Command explanations.............................................................................................................31

Contents of Bash.................................... ...................................................................................31

Bash Installation Dependencies.............. ..................................................................................32

Installing Binutils2.13.........................................................................................................................32Installation of Binutils..............................................................................................................32


Contents of Binutils..................................................................................................................33

Binutils Installation Dependencies...........................................................................................35

Installing Bzip21.0.2............................................................................................................................35

Installation of Bzip2..................................................................................................................35


Contents of Bzip2.....................................................................................................................35

Bzip2 Installation Dependencies..............................................................................................36

Installing Diffutils2.8.1........................................................................................................................36

Installation of Diffutils..............................................................................................................37Command explanations.............................................................................................................37

Contents of Diffutils.................................................................................................................37

Diffutils Installation Dependencies..........................................................................................37

Installing Fileutils4.1...........................................................................................................................38

Installation of Fileutils..............................................................................................................38


Contents of Fileutils..................................................................................................................38

Fileutils Installation Dependencies...........................................................................................40

Installing Findutils4.1..........................................................................................................................40

Installing Findutils....................................................................................................................41

Linux From Scratch

ii


4/275

Table of ContentsChapter 5. Preparing the LFS system


Contents of Findutils.................................................................................................................41

Findutils Installation Dependencies..........................................................................................42

Installing Gawk3.1.1............................................................................................................................42

Installation of Gawk..................................................................................................................42

Contents of Gawk.....................................................................................................................42

Gawk Installation Dependencies..............................................................................................43

Installing GCC3.2................................................................................................................................43

Installation of GCC...................................................................................................................43


Contents of GCC.......................................................................................................................44

GCC Installation Dependencies................................................................................................46

Installing Grep2.5................................................................................................................................46

Installation of Grep...................................................................................................................46

Command explanations.............................................................................................................46Contents of Grep............................... ........................................................................................46

Grep Installation Dependencies................................................................................................47

Installing Gzip1.2.4a............................................................................................................................47

Installation of Gzip...................................................................................................................47

Contents of Gzip.......................................................................................................................47

Gzip Installation Dependencies................................................................................................48

Installing Make3.79.1..........................................................................................................................48

Installation of Make..................................................................................................................48

Contents of Make............................... .......................................................................................49

Make Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................49

Installing Patch2.5.4............................................................................................................................49Installation of Patch..................................................................................................................49


Contents of Patch............................ ..........................................................................................50

Patch Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................50

Installing Sed3.02................................................................................................................................50

Installation of Sed.....................................................................................................................50

Contents of Sed.........................................................................................................................50

Sed Installation Dependencies........... .......................................................................................51

Installing Shutils2.0...........................................................................................................................51

Installation of Shutils..............................................................................................................51

Contents of Shutils.................................................................................................................51Shutils Installation Dependencies...........................................................................................54

Installing Tar1.13.................................................................................................................................55

Installation of Tar......................................................................................................................55

Contents of Tar.........................................................................................................................55

Tar Installation Dependencies..................................................................................................55

Installing Texinfo4.2...........................................................................................................................55

Installation of Texinfo..............................................................................................................56

Contents of Texinfo..................................................................................................................56

Texinfo Installation Dependencies...........................................................................................56

Installing Textutils2.1..........................................................................................................................57

Linux From Scratch

iii


5/275

Table of ContentsChapter 5. Preparing the LFS system

Installation of Textutils.............................................................................................................57

Contents of Textutils.................................................................................................................57

Textutils Installation Dependencies..........................................................................................59

Installing Utillinux2.11u...................................................................................................................59

Installation of Utillinux..........................................................................................................59

Utillinux Installation Dependencies.......................................................................................60

Chapter 6. Installing basic system software...................................................................................................61

Introduction............................................................................................................................................61

About debugging symbols.....................................................................................................................61

Entering the chroot environment...........................................................................................................62

Changing ownership..............................................................................................................................62

Creating directories................................................................................................................................62

FHS compliance note................................................................................................................63

Mounting the proc file system...............................................................................................................63Creating the mtab symlink.....................................................................................................................64

Creating the bash and sh symlinks.........................................................................................................64

Creating the passwd and group files......................................................................................................64

Creating devices (Makedev1.7)........................... ................................................................................65

Creating devices........................................................................................................................65


Contents of MAKEDEV...........................................................................................................65

MAKEDEV Installation Dependencies....................................................................................66

Installing Linux2.4.19..........................................................................................................................66

Installation of the kernel headers..............................................................................................66

Command explanations.............................................................................................................66Why we copy the kernel headers and don't symlink them........................................................67

Contents of Linux.....................................................................................................................67

Linux Installation Dependencies..............................................................................................68

Installing Manpages1.52...................................................................................................................68

Installation of Manpages........................................................................................................68

Contents of Manpages............................................................................................................68

Manpages Installation Dependencies.....................................................................................68

Installing Glibc2.2.5............................................................................................................................68

Installation of Glibc..................................................................................................................69


Contents of Glibc.............................. ........................................................................................70Glibc Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................75

Installing GCC3.2................................................................................................................................75

Installation of GCC...................................................................................................................75


Contents of GCC.......................................................................................................................76

GCC Installation Dependencies................................................................................................77

Installing Zlib1.1.4..............................................................................................................................78

Installation of Zlib....................................................................................................................78

Contents of Zlib........................................................................................................................78

Zlib Installation Dependencies.................................................................................................78

Linux From Scratch

iv


6/275

Table of ContentsChapter 6. Installing basic system software

Installing Findutils4.1..........................................................................................................................78

Installing Findutils....................................................................................................................78

FHS compliance notes..............................................................................................................79


Contents of Findutils.................................................................................................................79

Findutils Installation Dependencies..........................................................................................80

Installing Gawk3.1.1............................................................................................................................80

Installation of Gawk..................................................................................................................80


Contents of Gawk.....................................................................................................................80

Gawk Installation Dependencies..............................................................................................81

Installing Ncurses5.2...........................................................................................................................81

Installation of Ncurses..............................................................................................................81


Contents of Ncurses......................... .........................................................................................82Ncurses Installation Dependencies...........................................................................................83

Installing Vim6.1.................................................................................................................................84

Installation of Vim....................................................................................................................84


Contents of Vim........................................................................................................................84

Vim Installation Dependencies.................................................................................................86

Installing Bison1.35.............................................................................................................................86

Installation of Bison..................................................................................................................86

Contents of Bison......................................................................................................................87

Bison Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................88

Installing Less374................................................................................................................................88Installation of Less....................................................................................................................88

Contents of Less........................................................................................................................88

Less Installation Dependencies.................................................................................................89

Installing Groff1.18.............................................................................................................................89

Installation of Groff..................................................................................................................89


Contents of Groff......................................................................................................................89

Groff Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................92

Installing Textutils2.1..........................................................................................................................92

Installation of Textutils.............................................................................................................92

Contents of Textutils.................................................................................................................92Textutils Installation Dependencies..........................................................................................95

Installing Sed3.02................................................................................................................................95

Installation of Sed.....................................................................................................................95

Contents of Sed.........................................................................................................................95

Sed Installation Dependencies..................................................................................................95

Installing Flex2.5.4a............................................................................................................................96

Installation of Flex....................................................................................................................96

Contents of Flex........................................................................................................................96

Flex Installation Dependencies.................................................................................................97

Installing Binutils2.13.........................................................................................................................97

Linux From Scratch

v


7/275


Installation of Binutils..............................................................................................................97


Contents of Binutils..................................................................................................................98

Binutils Installation Dependencies.........................................................................................100

Installing Fileutils4.1.........................................................................................................................100

Installation of Fileutils............................................................................................................100

Contents of Fileutils................................................................................................................100

Fileutils Installation Dependencies.........................................................................................102

Installing Shutils2.0.........................................................................................................................102

Installation of Shutils....................... .....................................................................................102

FHS compliance notes............................................................................................................103

Command explanations...........................................................................................................103

Contents of Shutils...............................................................................................................103

Shutils Installation Dependencies.........................................................................................106

Installing Gettext0.11.5.....................................................................................................................106Installation of Gettext.............................................................................................................106

Contents of Gettext.................................................................................................................106

Gettext Installation Dependencies..........................................................................................109

Installing Nettools1.60....................................................................................................................109

Installation of Nettools.........................................................................................................109


Contents of Nettools.............................................................................................................110

Nettools Installation Dependencies......................................................................................111

Installing Perl5.8.0.............................................................................................................................111

Installation of Perl...................................................................................................................111

Contents of Perl......................................................................................................................111Perl Installation Dependencies................................................................................................115

Installing Linux threads2.2.5 man pages...........................................................................................115

Installation of Linux threads man pages.................................................................................115

Contents of Linux threads man pages.....................................................................................115

Linux threads man pages installation Dependencies..............................................................116

Installing M41.4.................................................................................................................................116

Installation of M4....................................................................................................................116

Contents of M4.......................................................................................................................116

M4 Installation Dependencies................................................................................................116

Installing Texinfo4.2.........................................................................................................................117

Installation of Texinfo............................................................................................................117Command explanations...........................................................................................................117

Contents of Texinfo................................................................................................................117

Texinfo Installation Dependencies.........................................................................................118

Installing Autoconf2.53.....................................................................................................................118

Installation of Autoconf..........................................................................................................118

Contents of Autoconf................................. .............................................................................118

Autoconf Installation Dependencies.......................................................................................119

Installing Automake1.6.3..................................................................................................................119

Installation of Automake........................................................................................................119

Contents of Automake............................................................................................................119

Linux From Scratch

vi


8/275


Automake Installation Dependencies.....................................................................................121

Installing Bash2.05a..........................................................................................................................121

Installation of Bash.................................................................................................................121

Contents of Bash............................. ........................................................................................121

Bash Installation Dependencies..............................................................................................122

Installing File3.39..............................................................................................................................122

Installation of File...................................................................................................................122

Contents of File.......................................................................................................................122

File Installation Dependencies................................................................................................122

Installing Libtool1.4.2.......................................................................................................................123

Installation of Libtool.............................................................................................................123

Contents of Libtool.................................................................................................................123

Libtool Installation Dependencies..........................................................................................123

Installing Bin860.16.3.......................................................................................................................124

Installation of Bin86...............................................................................................................124Contents of Bin86...................................................................................................................124

Bin86 Installation Dependencies............................................................................................125

Installing Bzip21.0.2..........................................................................................................................125

Installation of Bzip2................................................................................................................125


Contents of Bzip2...................................................................................................................125

Bzip2 Installation Dependencies............................................................................................126

Installing Ed0.2..................................................................................................................................127

Installation of Ed.....................................................................................................................127


Contents of Ed........................................................................................................................127Ed Installation Dependencies..................................................................................................127

Installing Kbd1.06.............................................................................................................................128

Installation of Kbd..................................................................................................................128


Contents of Kbd......................................................................................................................128

Kbd Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................130

Installing Diffutils2.8.1......................................................................................................................130

Installation of Diffutils............................................................................................................130

Contents of Diffutils...............................................................................................................131

Diffutils Installation Dependencies........................................................................................131

Installing E2fsprogs1.27....................................................................................................................131Installation of E2fsprogs.........................................................................................................131


Contents of E2fsprogs.............................................................................................................132

E2fsprogs Installation Dependencies......................................................................................134

Installing Grep2.5..............................................................................................................................134

Installation of Grep.................................................................................................................134

Contents of Grep............................... ......................................................................................135

Grep Installation Dependencies..............................................................................................135

Installing Gzip1.2.4a..........................................................................................................................135

Installation of Gzip.................................................................................................................135

Linux From Scratch

vii


9/275



Contents of Gzip.....................................................................................................................136

Gzip Installation Dependencies..............................................................................................137

Installing Man1.5k.............................................................................................................................137

Installation of Man..................................................................................................................137


Contents of Man......................................................................................................................137

Man Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................138

Installing Lilo22.2.............................................................................................................................138

Installation of Lilo..................................................................................................................138

Contents of Lilo......................................................................................................................139

Lilo Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................139

Installing Make3.79.1........................................................................................................................139

Installation of Make................................................................................................................140

Command explanations...........................................................................................................140Contents of Make.................................... ................................................................................140

Make Installation Dependencies.............................................................................................140

Installing Modutils2.4.19...................................................................................................................140

Installation of Modutils...........................................................................................................140

Contents of Modutils..............................................................................................................141

Modutils Installation Dependencies........................................................................................142

Installing Netkitbase0.17.................................................................................................................142

Installation of Netkitbase......................................................................................................142

Contents of Netkitbase.........................................................................................................142

Netkitbase Installation Dependencies...................................................................................143

Installing Patch2.5.4..........................................................................................................................143Installation of Patch................................................................................................................143

Contents of Patch....................................................................................................................143

Patch Installation Dependencies.............................................................................................143

Installing Procinfo18.........................................................................................................................143

Installation of Procinfo...........................................................................................................144


Contents of Procinfo...............................................................................................................144

Procinfo Installation Dependencies........................................................................................144

Installing Procps2.0.7........................................................................................................................144

Installation of Procps..............................................................................................................145

Command explanations...........................................................................................................145Contents of Procps..................................................................................................................145

Procps Installation Dependencies...........................................................................................146

Installing Psmisc21............................................................................................................................147

Installation of Psmisc..............................................................................................................147


Contents of Psmisc..................................................................................................................147

Psmisc Installation Dependencies...........................................................................................148

Installing Shadow4.0.3......................................................................................................................148

Installation of Shadow Password Suite...................................................................................148


Linux From Scratch

viii


10/275


Contents of Shadow................................................................................................................149

Shadow Installation Dependencies.........................................................................................152

Installing Sysklogd1.4.1....................................................................................................................152

Installation of Sysklogd..........................................................................................................152

Contents of Sysklogd............................. .................................................................................152

Sysklogd Installation Dependencies.......................................................................................152

Installing Sysvinit2.84.......................................................................................................................152

Installation of Sysvinit............................................................................................................153

Contents of Sysvinit....................... .........................................................................................153

Sysvinit Installation Dependencies.........................................................................................154

Installing Tar1.13...............................................................................................................................155

Installation of Tar....................................................................................................................155

Contents of Tar.......................................................................................................................155

Tar Installation Dependencies................................................................................................155

Installing Utillinux2.11u.................................................................................................................156FHS compliance notes............................................................................................................156

Installation of Utillinux........................................................................................................156


Contents of Utillinux............................................................................................................156

Utillinux Installation Dependencies.....................................................................................161

Installing LFSBootscripts1.10.........................................................................................................161

Installation of LFSBootscripts..............................................................................................161

Contents of LFSbootscripts..................................................................................................162

LFSBootscripts Installation Dependencies...........................................................................163

Configuring essential software............................................................................................................163

Configuring Vim.....................................................................................................................163Configuring Glibc...................................................................................................................164

Configuring Dynamic Loader.................................................................................................164

Configuring Sysklogd.............................................................................................................165

Configuring Shadow Password Suite.....................................................................................165

Configuring Sysvinit............................... ................................................................................165

Configuring your keyboard.....................................................................................................166

Creating the /var/run/utmp, /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/btmp files........................................166

Creating root password...........................................................................................................167

Chapter 7. Setting up system boot scripts....................................................................................................168

Introduction..........................................................................................................................................168How does the booting process with these scripts work?......................................................................168

Configuring the setclock script............................................................................................................169

Do I need the loadkeys script?.............................................................................................................169

Configuring the sysklogd script...........................................................................................................169

Configuring the localnet script.............................................................................................................170

Creating the /etc/hosts file...................................................................................................................170

Configuring the network script............................................................................................................171

Configuring default gateway..................................................................................................171

Creating network interface configuration files.......................................................................171

Linux From Scratch

ix


11/275

Table of ContentsChapter 8. Making the LFS system bootable...............................................................................................172

Introduction..........................................................................................................................................172

Creating the /etc/fstab file....................................... .............................................................................172

Installing Linux2.4.19........................................................................................................................172

Linux Installation Dependencies............................................................................................173

Making the LFS system bootable........................................................................................................173

Chapter 9. The End.........................................................................................................................................175

The End................................................................................................................................................175

Get Counted.........................................................................................................................................175

Rebooting the system...........................................................................................................................175

III. Part III Appendixes.....................................................................................................................176

Appendix A. Package descriptions and dependencies.........................................................................176

Introduction..........................................................................................................................................176

Autoconf..............................................................................................................................................177

Official Download Location...................................................................................................177Contents of Autoconf...................................... ........................................................................177

Autoconf Installation Dependencies.......................................................................................178

Automake....................... ......................................................................................................................178

Official Download Location...................................................................................................178

Contents of Automake............................................................................................................178

Automake Installation Dependencies.....................................................................................180

Bash.....................................................................................................................................................180


Contents of Bash.....................................................................................................................180

Bash Installation Dependencies..............................................................................................181

Bin86.............................. ......................................................................................................................181Official Download Location...................................................................................................181

Contents of Bin86...................................................................................................................181

Bin86 Installation Dependencies............................................................................................182

Binutils........................... ......................................................................................................................182


Contents of Binutils................................................................................................................182

Binutils Installation Dependencies.........................................................................................184

Bison....................................................................................................................................................184


Contents of Bison....................................................................................................................184

Bison Installation Dependencies.............................................................................................185Bzip2....................................................................................................................................................185


Contents of Bzip2...................................................................................................................186

Bzip2 Installation Dependencies............................................................................................187

Diffutils................................................................................................................................................187


Contents of Diffutils...............................................................................................................187

Diffutils Installation Dependencies........................................................................................187

E2fsprogs.............................................................................................................................................188


Linux From Scratch

x


12/275

Table of ContentsChapter 9. The End

Contents of E2fsprogs.............................................................................................................188

E2fsprogs Installation Dependencies......................................................................................190

Ed.........................................................................................................................................................190


Contents of Ed........................................................................................................................190

Ed Installation Dependencies..................................................................................................191

File.......................................................................................................................................................191


Contents of File.......................................................................................................................191

File Installation Dependencies................................................................................................191

Fileutils................................................................................................................................................192


Contents of Fileutils................................................................................................................192

Fileutils Installation Dependencies.........................................................................................194

Findutils...............................................................................................................................................194Official Download Location...................................................................................................194

Contents of Findutils...............................................................................................................194

Findutils Installation Dependencies........................................................................................195

Flex......................................................................................................................................................195


Contents of Flex......................................................................................................................195

Flex Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................196

Gawk....................................................................................................................................................196


Contents of Gawk...................................................................................................................196

Gawk Installation Dependencies............................................................................................197GCC.....................................................................................................................................................197


Contents of GCC.....................................................................................................................197

GCC Installation Dependencies..............................................................................................199

Gettext............................ ......................................................................................................................199


Contents of Gettext.................................................................................................................199

Gettext Installation Dependencies..........................................................................................202

Glibc.....................................................................................................................................................202


Contents of Glibc....................................................................................................................202Glibc Installation Dependencies.............................................................................................207

Grep......................................................................................................................................................207


Contents of Grep.....................................................................................................................207

Grep Installation Dependencies..............................................................................................208

Groff.....................................................................................................................................................208


Contents of Groff....................................................................................................................208

Groff Installation Dependencies.............................................................................................211

Gzip......................................................................................................................................................211

Linux From Scratch

xi


13/275



Contents of Gzip.....................................................................................................................211

Gzip Installation Dependencies..............................................................................................212

Kbd.......................................................................................................................................................212


Contents of Kbd......................................................................................................................212

Kbd Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................215

Less......................................................................................................................................................215


Contents of Less......................................................................................................................215

Less Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................215

LFSBootscripts..................................................................................................................................215


Contents of LFSbootscripts..................................................................................................216

LFSBootscripts Installation Dependencies...........................................................................217Libtool............................ ......................................................................................................................217


Contents of Libtool.................................................................................................................218

Libtool Installation Dependencies..........................................................................................218

Lilo................................. ......................................................................................................................218


Contents of Lilo......................................................................................................................218

Lilo Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................219

Linux (the kernel)................................................................................................................................219


Contents of Linux...................................................................................................................219Linux Installation Dependencies............................................................................................220

M4........................................................................................................................................................220


Contents of M4.......................................................................................................................220

M4 Installation Dependencies................................................................................................220

Make....................................................................................................................................................221


Contents of Make....................................................................................................................221

Make Installation Dependencies.............................................................................................221

MAKEDEV..........................................................................................................................................221

Official Download Location...................................................................................................221Contents of MAKEDEV.........................................................................................................221

MAKEDEV Installation Dependencies..................................................................................222

Man......................................................................................................................................................222


Contents of Man......................................................................................................................222

Man Installation Dependencies...............................................................................................223

Manpages..................... ......................................................................................................................223


Contents of Manpages..........................................................................................................223

Manpages Installation Dependencies...................................................................................223

Linux From Scratch

xii


14/275


Modutils...............................................................................................................................................224


Contents of Modutils..............................................................................................................224

Modutils Installation Dependencies........................................................................................225

Ncurses.................................................................................................................................................225


Contents of Ncurses................................................................................................................225

Ncurses Installation Dependencies.........................................................................................227

Netkitbase..........................................................................................................................................227


Contents of Netkitbase.........................................................................................................227

Netkitbase Installation Dependencies...................................................................................227

Nettools..............................................................................................................................................228


Contents of Nettools.............................................................................................................228Nettools Installation Dependencies......................................................................................229

Patch.....................................................................................................................................................229


Contents of Patch....................................................................................................................229

Patch Installation Dependencies.............................................................................................230

Perl.......................................................................................................................................................230


Contents of Perl......................................................................................................................230

Perl Installation Dependencies................................................................................................234

Procinfo................................................................................................................................................234

Official Download Location...................................................................................................234Contents of Procinfo...............................................................................................................234

Procinfo Installation Dependencies........................................................................................234

Procps...................................................................................................................................................235


Contents of Procps..................................................................................................................235

Procps Installation Dependencies...........................................................................................236

Psmisc..................................................................................................................................................236


Contents of Psmisc..................................................................................................................236

Psmisc Installation Dependencies...........................................................................................237

Sed.......................................................................................................................................................237Official Download Location...................................................................................................237

Contents of Sed.......................................................................................................................237

Sed Installation Dependencies........... .....................................................................................238

Shadow.................................................................................................................................................238


Contents of Shadow................................................................................................................238

Shadow Installation Dependencies.................................................................................

beekmans g. - linux from scratch ver 4.0)(en)

Documents