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Linux From Scratch

  • 29-06-2004 11:04am
    #1
    Zombrex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,848 ✭✭✭✭


    In the middle of build myself a "Linux From Scratch" system (www.linuxfromscratch.org). Over all it is very interesting. You get a great sense of owner ship over your system, instead of the constant what-the-feck-did-Redhat/Mandrake/Suse-do-there feeling you get when you install a distribution

    just wondering has anyone else attempted a LFS installation, and what did they feel about it. Did everything work or was the system un-usable

    Also what did you use for Package Management. I am using GNU Stow, installing everying in its own directory and sym linking (eg /usr/stow/glib-2/lib linked to /usr/lib etc). Anyone have a better way??


Comments

  • #2
    digitalninja
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 455 ✭✭digitalninja


    just printed off their manual, might give this a crack at some stage over the summer, it'd probably teach me a lot.


  • #3
    tomk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,067 ✭✭✭tomk


    No LFS experience to offer, but I'm curious - how do you handle dependencies under LFS and/or Stow? Is it a manual process? I have to admit I'm totally spoiled by apt when it comes to package management.


  • #4
    Dar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 763 ✭✭✭Dar


    A good few people install the slackware package management tools - im sure you'd be able to use swaret for dependencies.


  • #5
    OfflerCrocGod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,334 ✭✭✭OfflerCrocGod


    Is there any chance that emerge could work instead of slackware's stuff? - of course if it doesn't I suppose slackware's dep mange is very good so I could use that instead. How long did it/is it take(ing) you? A couple of days if you compile everything I suppose?


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