Linux From Scratch

Table of Contents

• Preface

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

• 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 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

  • 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

  • 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