RE: Is there hope?

["Don Campbell" <dcampbell ip-acd com>]

Those interested in building a Linux system from scratch can get packages
containing all the needed components from the following FTP site:

	ftp://packages.linuxfromscratch.org

The parent web site also provides 343-page, impeccably detailed manual to
follow, plus links to listservs and newgroups where you can share ideas, and
get help with problems, related to this project.

	http:/www.linuxfromscratch.org

I'm about to launch into this project myself. Wish me luck!

Cheers!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnome-list-admin gnome org [mailto:gnome-list-admin gnome org]On
> Behalf Of fheitka attglobal net
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 11:30 AM
> To: Robert Schweikert; gnome-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Is there hope?
>
>
> In <3A8F1D8D 295262C4 mindspring com>, on 02/17/01
>    at 07:55 PM, Robert Schweikert <rjschwei mindspring com> said:
>
> You have to use a bit of common sense in order to build a system from
> scratch.  I didn't exactly start from scratch but from a very old
> Slackware distro that ran under libc4 (does anyone remember those days?).
> I converted it to libc5, then glibc1/2.0 and finally to the 2.1/2.
>
> Of course you will need to have some sort of system to compile and install
> the base setup, if you don't use some distro base to start.
>
> Anyway.  Obviously you need the base system.  SysVinit, glibc,
> util-linux, the kernel, all the *utils* packages from /pub/gnu, lilo. etc.
>
> Then you need the compilers and all the tools that go with them. Make,
> automake, autoconfig, binutils, gcc, bison, flex, sed, awk, and optionally
> dejagnu, expect.
>
> If  you want to be on the internet, you need some mail setup as well as
> netkit and net-tools.
>
> Then you need all the X stuff including ancillary packages like Xpm,
> lesstif (or Motif), glib, gtk, and all the image libraries like tiff, png,
> gif, and others.
>
> If you run sound, then you need your alsa, pnpconfig, etc.  I haven't
> experimented with that, since I use the 4-front OSS programs.
>
> Then lastly, you can start thinking about KDE or GNOME.
>
> And if you want all the documentation to compile and install
> you will need a working tex, and sgml tools setup with all
> the style sheets and so forth.
>
> I have the majority of this stuff all working, though I shudder to think
> how much time I've spent doing it.
>
> I'm sure I left a lot of stuff out too.
>
> Fred
>
>
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