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Chapter 3. Packages and Patches
3.1. Introduction
This chapter includes a list of packages that need to be downloaded in order to build a basic Linux system. The listed
version numbers correspond to versions of the software that are known to work, and this book is based on their use.
We highly recommend against using newer versions because the build commands for one version may not work
with a newer version. The newest package versions may also have problems that require work-arounds. These work-
arounds will be developed and stabilized in the development version of the book.
Download locations may not always be accessible. If a download location has changed since this book was
published, Google (http://www.google.com/) provides a useful search engine for most packages. If this search is
unsuccessful, try one of the alternative means of downloading discussed at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/
packages.html#packages.
Downloaded packages and patches will need to be stored somewhere that is conveniently available throughout the
entire build. A working directory is also required to unpack the sources and build them. $LFS/sources can be
used both as the place to store the tarballs and patches and as a working directory. By using this directory, the required
elements will be located on the LFS partition and will be available during all stages of the building process.
To create this directory, execute the following command, as user root, before starting the download session:
mkdir -v $LFS/sources
Make this directory writable and sticky. “Sticky” means that even if multiple users have write permission on a
directory, only the owner of a file can delete the file within a sticky directory. The following command will enable
the write and sticky modes:
chmod -v a+wt $LFS/sources
An easy way to download all of the packages and patches is by using wget-list as an input to wget. For example:
wget -i wget-list -P $LFS/sources
Additionally, starting with LFS-7.0, there is a separate file, md5sums, can be used to verify that all the correct packages
are available before proceeding. Place that file in $LFS/sources and run:
pushd $LFS/sources
md5sum -c md5sums
popd
3.2. All Packages
Download or otherwise obtain the following packages:
• Autoconf (2.68) - 1,350 KB:
Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.68.tar.bz2
MD5 sum: 864d785215aa60d627c91fcb21b05b07
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