Linux From Scratch HOWTO

Gerard Beekmans

1. Introduction

• 1.1 What's this all about?
• 1.2 New versions
• 1.3 Version history
• 1.4 TODO
• 1.5 Contact info

2. Software packages you need to download

3. Preparing a new partition

• 3.1 Creating a new partition
• 3.2 Creating an ext2 file system on the new partition
• 3.3 Adding an entry to LILO
• 3.4 Creating directories
• 3.5 Copying the /dev directory

4. Installing Sysvinit

• 4.1 Preparing Sysvinit
• 4.2 Configuring Sysvinit
• 4.3 Copying passwd & group files
• 4.4 Installing a root shell
• 4.5 Testing the system

5. Installing a kernel

• 5.1 Note on ftp.kernel.org
• 5.2 Configuring the kernel
• 5.3 Updating LILO
• 5.4 Copying the new kernel source tree to $LFS
• 5.5 Updating symlinks
• 5.6 Testing the system

6. Installing the GNU C Library

• 6.1 Preparing the system for the GNU C Library installation
• 6.2 Installing the GNU C Library

7. Installing the GNU CC compilers

• 7.1 Installing GCC 2.95.2
• 7.2 Installing GCC 2.7.2.3

8. Installing login utilities

• 8.1 Installing agetty + login
• 8.2 Modifying $LFS/etc/inittab
• 8.3 Creating the UTMP record file
• 8.4 Testing the system

9. Installing Vim

• 9.1 Preparing the system for the Vim installation
• 9.2 Installing Vim

10. Creating initial boot scripts

• 10.1 Preparing the directories and master files
• 10.2 Creating the reboot script
• 10.3 Creating the halt script
• 10.4 Creating the mountfs script
• 10.5 Creating the umountfs script
• 10.6 Creating the sendsignals script
• 10.7 Set file permissions and create symlinks
• 10.8 Creating the /etc/fstab file
• 10.9 Testing the system

11. Reinstalling statically linked software

• 11.1 Installing the Termcap library
• 11.2 Installing the Readline library
• 11.3 Reinstalling Bash
• 11.4 Reinstalling Sysvinit
• 11.5 Reinstalling Make
• 11.6 Reinstalling Sed
• 11.7 Reinstalling Shell Utils
• 11.8 Reinstalling File Utils
• 11.9 Reinstalling + Installing Util Linux
• 11.10 Reinstalling Text Utils
• 11.11 Reinstalling Tar
• 11.12 Reinstalling Gzip
• 11.13 Reinstalling Bison
• 11.14 Installing Flex
• 11.15 Reinstalling Binutils
• 11.16 Reinstalling Grep
• 11.17 Reinstalling Mawk
• 11.18 Reinstalling Find Utils
• 11.19 Reinstalling Diff Utils
• 11.20 Installing Less
• 11.21 Reinstalling Perl
• 11.22 Reinstalling M4
• 11.23 Reinstalling Texinfo

12. Installing the rest of the basic system software

• 12.1 Installing E2fsprogs
• 12.2 Installing File
• 12.3 Installing Libtool
• 12.4 Installing Modutils
• 12.5 Installing Linux86
• 12.6 Installing Lilo
• 12.7 Installing DPKG
• 12.8 Installing Sysklogd
• 12.9 Installing Groff
• 12.10 Installing Man-db
• 12.11 Installing Procps
• 12.12 Installing Procinfo
• 12.13 Installing Procmisc
• 12.14 Installing Shadow Password
• 12.15 Installing GNU C++ Library

13. Setting up basic networking

• 13.1 Installing Netkit-base
• 13.2 Installing Net-tools

14. Setting up Email sub system

• 14.1 Preparing system for Email sub system
• 14.2 Installing Procmail
• 14.3 Installing Sendmail
• 14.4 Installing Mailx
• 14.5 Creating /etc/init.d/sendmail bootscript
• 14.6 Setting up permissions and symlinks
• 14.7 Installing Mutt
• 14.8 Installing Fetchmail
• 14.9 Testing the Email sub system

15. Installing Internet Servers

• 15.1 Installing telnet daemon + client
• 15.2 Installing Proftpd
• 15.3 Installing Netkit-ftp
• 15.4 Installing Apache
• 15.5 Installing Slang Library
• 15.6 Installing Zlib
• 15.7 Installing Lynx
• 15.8 Configuring the daemons
• 15.9 Configuring telnetd
• 15.10 Configuring proftpd
• 15.11 Configuring apache
• 15.12 Testing the daemons

16. Installing X Window System

• 16.1 Creating missing symlink
• 16.2 Installing X
• 16.3 Creating /etc/ld.so.conf
• 16.4 Modifying /etc/man_db.config
• 16.5 Creating the /usr/include/X11 symlink
• 16.6 Creating the /usr/X11 symlink
• 16.7 Adding /usr/X11/bin to the $PATH environment variable
• 16.8 Configuring X
• 16.9 Testing X

17. Installing Window Maker

• 17.1 Preparing the system for the Window Maker installation
• 17.2 Updating dynamic loader cache
• 17.3 Configuring WindowMaker
• 17.4 Testing WindowMaker

18. Configuring system for Internet

• 18.1 Configuring Kernel
• 18.2 Creating groups and directories
• 18.3 Installing PPP
• 18.4 Creating /etc/resolv.conf
• 18.5 Creating the connect and disconnect scripts
• 18.6 Creating /etc/ppp/peers/provider
• 18.7 Creating /etc/chatscripts/provider
• 18.8 Note on password authentication
• 18.9 Other resources

19. Copyright & Licensing Information