Linux From Scratch

Table of Contents

• Preface

  • Foreword
  • Audience
  • LFS Target Architectures
  • LFS and Standards
  • Rationale for Packages in the Book
  • Prerequisites
  • Host System Requirements
  • Typography
  • Structure
  • Errata

• I. Introduction

  • 1. Introduction

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

• II. Preparing for the Build

  • 2. Preparing a New Partition

    • Introduction
    • 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 the $LFS/tools Directory
    • Adding the LFS User
    • Setting Up the Environment
    • About SBUs
    • About the Test Suites

  • 5. Constructing a Temporary System

    • Introduction
    • Toolchain Technical Notes
    • General Compilation Instructions
    • Dpkg-1.18.0 - Pass 1
    • LFS-Dpkg-Wrapper-0.2
    • Binutils-2.25 - Pass 1
    • GCC-5.1.0 - Pass 1
    • Linux-4.0.3 API Headers
    • Glibc-2.21
    • Libstdc++-5.1.0
    • Binutils-2.25 - Pass 2
    • GCC-5.1.0 - Pass 2
    • Tcl-core-8.6.4
    • Expect-5.45
    • DejaGNU-1.5.3
    • Check-0.9.14
    • Ncurses-5.9
    • Bash-4.3.30
    • Bzip2-1.0.6
    • Coreutils-8.23
    • Diffutils-3.3
    • File-5.22
    • Findutils-4.4.2
    • Gawk-4.1.2
    • Gettext-0.19.4
    • Grep-2.21
    • Gzip-1.6
    • M4-1.4.17
    • Make-4.1
    • Patch-2.7.5
    • Perl-5.20.2
    • Sed-4.2.2
    • Tar-1.28
    • Texinfo-5.2
    • Util-linux-2.26.2
    • Xz-5.2.1
    • Zlib-1.2.8
    • Dpkg-1.18.0 - Pass 2
    • Changing Ownership

• III. Building the LFS System

  • 6. Installing Basic System Software

    • Introduction
    • Preparing Virtual Kernel File Systems
    • Package Management
    • Entering the Chroot Environment
    • Creating Directories
    • Creating Essential Files and Symlinks
    • LFS-Dpkg-Wrapper-0.2
    • Creating Directories, Revisited
    • Linux-4.0.3 API Headers
    • Man-pages-4.00
    • Glibc-2.21
    • Tzdata-2015d
    • Adjusting the Toolchain
    • Zlib-1.2.8
    • File-5.22
    • Binutils-2.25
    • GMP-6.0.0a
    • MPFR-3.1.2
    • MPC-1.0.3
    • GCC-5.1.0
    • Bzip2-1.0.6
    • Pkg-config-0.28
    • Ncurses-5.9
    • Attr-2.4.47
    • Acl-2.2.52
    • Libcap-2.24
    • Sed-4.2.2
    • Shadow-4.2.1
    • Psmisc-22.21
    • Procps-ng-3.3.10
    • E2fsprogs-1.42.12
    • Coreutils-8.23
    • Iana-Etc-2.30
    • M4-1.4.17
    • Flex-2.5.39
    • Bison-3.0.4
    • Grep-2.21
    • Readline-6.3
    • Bash-4.3.30
    • Bc-1.06.95
    • Libtool-2.4.6
    • GDBM-1.11
    • Expat-2.1.0
    • Inetutils-1.9.3
    • Perl-5.20.2
    • XML::Parser-2.44
    • Autoconf-2.69
    • Automake-1.15
    • Diffutils-3.3
    • Gawk-4.1.2
    • Findutils-4.4.2
    • Gettext-0.19.4
    • Intltool-0.51.0
    • Gperf-3.0.4
    • Groff-1.22.3
    • Xz-5.2.1
    • GRUB-2.02~beta2
    • Less-458
    • Gzip-1.6
    • IPRoute2-4.0.0
    • Kbd-2.0.2
    • Kmod-20
    • Libpipeline-1.4.0
    • Make-4.1
    • Patch-2.7.5
    • Systemd-219
    • D-Bus-1.8.18
    • Util-linux-2.26.2
    • Man-DB-2.7.1
    • Tar-1.28
    • Texinfo-5.2
    • Vim-7.4
    • About Debugging Symbols
    • Stripping Again
    • Cleaning Up

  • 7. Basic System Configuration

    • Introduction
    • General Network Configuration
    • Device and Module Handling on an LFS System
    • Creating Custom Symlinks to Devices
    • Configuring the system clock
    • Configuring the Linux Console
    • Configuring the System Locale
    • Creating the /etc/shells File
    • Systemd Usage and Configuration

  • 8. Making the LFS System Bootable

    • Introduction
    • Creating the /etc/fstab File
    • Linux-4.0.3
    • Using GRUB to Set Up the Boot Process

  • 9. The End

    • The End
    • Get Counted
    • Rebooting the System
    • What Now?

• IV. Appendices

  • A. Acronyms and Terms
  • B. Acknowledgments
  • C. Dependencies
  • D. LFS Licenses
    • Creative Commons License
    • The MIT License

• Index