Beyond Linux From Scratch

Version 1.0

BLFS Development Team

Copyright © 2001-2003 BLFS Development Team

This book follows on from the LinuxFromScratch book. It introduces and guides the reader through additions to the system including networking, X support, sound support and printer and scanner support.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the LFS community

Table of Contents

Who would want to read this book

Organization

Part I - Introduction
Part II - Post LFS Configuration and Extra Software
Part III - General Libraries and Utilities
Part IV - Connecting to a Network
Part V - Basic Networking
Part VI - Server Networking
Part VII - Content Serving
Part VIII - X + Window Managers
Part IX - KDE
Part X - Gnome
Part XI - X Software
Part XII - Multimedia
Part XIII - Printing, Scanning and Typesetting
Appendices

I. Introduction

1. Welcome to BLFS

Conventions used in this book
Book version
Acknowledgments
Credits
Changelog
Which sections of the book do I want?
Mailing lists and archives
News server
Contact information
Asking for help and the FAQ

2. Important Information

Getting and unpacking the software
The /usr versus /usr/local debate
Using BLFS bootscripts
Going Beyond BLFS

II. Post LFS Configuration and Extra Software

3. After LFS Configuration Issues

/etc/issue (Customizing your logon)
The Bash Shell Startup Files
/etc/inputrc
Random number generation
/etc/vimrc, ~/.vimrc
Creating a custom bootdisk
/etc/skel

4. Security

Configuring shadow
iptables-1.2.7a
Setting up a network firewall
tripwire-2.3.1-2
Linux_PAM-0.77

5. Filesystems

Ext3
reiserfs-3.6.5
xfsprogs-2.0.3

vim-6.1
emacs-21.3
nano-1.2.0
joe-2.9.7

tcsh-6.12
zsh-4.0.6

III. General Libraries and Utilities

8. General Libraries

openssl-0.9.7a
pcre-4.1
popt-1.7
slang-1.4.9
fam-2.6.9
libxml-1.8.17
libxml2-2.5.6
libxslt-1.0.29
readline-4.3
gmp-4.1.2
gdbm-1.8.3
GLib-1.2.10
GLib-2.2.1
expat-1.95.6
libesmtp-0.8.12
aspell-0.50.3
guile-1.4.1
slib-2d5
G-Wrap-1.3.4
STLport-4.5.3

9. Graphics Libraries

lcms-1.09
libjpeg-6b
libpng-1.2.5
libtiff-3.5.7
libungif-4.1.0b1
libmng-1.0.5
imlib-1.9.14
aalib-1.4rc4

10. General Utilities

bc-1.06
rep-gtk-0.17

11. System Utilities

gpm-1.20.1
fcron-2.9.3
hdparm-5.3
which-2.14 and alternatives
unzip-5.50
zip-2.3
pciutils-2.1.10
pkgconfig-0.15.0
cpio-2.5

12. Programming

Python-2.2.2
perl modules
librep-0.16.2
j2sdk-1.4.1
ruby-1.6.8
gcc-3.2.1
gcc-2.95.3

IV. Connecting to a Network

13. Dial-up networking

ppp-2.4.1
wvdial-1.53

14. DHCP Clients

Configuring the LFS bootscripts to support DHCP clients
dhcp-3.0pl2
dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4

V. Basic Networking

16. Networking Libraries

curl-7.10.4
wvstreams-3.70
gnet-1.1.8

17. Text Web Browsers

links-0.98
lynx-2.8.4
w3m-0.3.2.1

18. Basic Networking Programs

ncftp-3.1.5
OpenSSH-3.6.1p1 client
cvs-1.11.5
wget-1.8.2
tcpwrappers-7.6
portmap-5
inetutils-1.4.2

19. Basic Networking Utilities

traceroute-1.4a12
nmap-3.20
whois-4.6.3

20. Basic Networking Programs

procmail-3.22
fetchmail-6.2.2
mutt-1.4.1i
pine-4.53
slrn-0.9.7.4
Other mail and news progs

21. DJB's Utilities

daemontools-0.76
daemontools-man-0.76
ucspi-tcp-0.88

VI. Server Networking

22. Mail Server Software

postfix-2.0.7
qmail-1.03
sendmail-8.12.9
exim-4.14
qpopper-4.0.5

23. Other Server Software

BIND 9.2.2
Running a CVS server
dhcp-3.0pl2
leafnode-1.9.33
OpenSSH-3.6.1p1
openldap-2.1.17
Samba-2.2.8a
xinetd-2.3.10

VII. Content Serving

24. Databases

db-4.1.25
db-3.3.11
MySQL-3.23.55
PostgreSQL-7.3.2

25. Web serving

Apache-1.3.27

VIII. X + Window Managers

26. Installing X

XFree86-4.3.0
Setting up XFree86 Components

27. X Libraries

lesstif-0.93.36
freetype-2.1.3
qt-3.1.2
GTK+-1.2.10
Pango-1.2.1
ATK-1.2.0
GTK+-2.2.1
startup-notification-0.5

28. Window Managers

sawfish-1.3
fluxbox-0.1.14
xfce-3.8.18
metacity-2.4.34

IX. KDE

29. KDE Core Packages

aRts-1.1
kdelibs-3.1
kdebase-3.1
Configuring the core KDE packages

30. KDE Additional Packages

kdemultimedia-3.1
kdenetwork-3.1
kdegraphics-3.1
kdepim-3.1
kdeadmin-3.1
kdegames-3.1
kdeutils-3.1
kdeedu-3.1
kdeartwork-3.1
kdetoys-3.1
kdeaddons-3.1

31. Other KDE Packages

kdoc

32. Gnome Libraries

33. Gnome core

gnome-desktop-2.2.1
gnome-panel-2.2.1
gnome-session-2.2.1
control-center-2.2.1

34. Additional Gnome Packages

gnome-terminal-2.2.1
gnome-system-monitor-2.0.4
gnome-applets-2.2.1
gnome-utils-2.2.1
gnome-games-2.2.0
nautilus-2.2.2
yelp-2.2.0
bug-buddy-2.2.103
gedit-2.2.1
eog-2.2.1
gstreamer-0.6.0
gst-plugins-0.6.0
gnome-media-2.2.1.1
nautilus-media-0.2.1
gnome2-user-docs-2.0.6

35. Other Gnome Packages

gconf-editor-0.4.0
gdm-2.4.1.3

36. Configuring Gnome

Configuring the core GNOME packages

37. Gnome 1.4 Libraries

pre-installation configuration
ORBit-0.5.17
oaf-0.6.10
gnome-libs-1.4.2
gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0
GConf-1.0.9
gnome-vfs-1.0.5
gnome-print-0.37
libglade-0.17
libcapplet-1.5.11
gal-0.22
gtkhtml-1.1.7
libghttp-1.0.9
bonobo-1.0.22
guppi-0.40.3
bonobo-conf-0.16
soup-0.7.4

XI. X Software

38. Individual Office Programs

AbiWord-1.0.4
gnumeric-1.0.12
gnucash-1.8.2
gimp-1.2.3
evolution-1.2.1

39. Office Suites

koffice-1.2.1
openoffice-1.0.2

40. Graphical Web Browsers

mozilla-1.3
galeon-1.3.3
konqueror-3.1

41. Other X-based Internet Programs

pan-0.13.4
Balsa-2.0.10

XII. Multimedia

42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

alsa-0.9.2
alsa-driver-0.9.2
alsa-lib-0.9.2
alsa-utils-0.9.2
alsa-tools-0.9.1
alsa-oss-0.9.1
aRts-1.1
audiofile-0.2.3
esound-0.2.29
SDL-1.2.5
libao-0.8.3
libogg-1.0
libvorbis-1.0
nas-1.6

43. Audio utilities

mpg123-0.59r
vorbistools-1.0
xmms-1.2.7
lame-3.93.1
CDParanoia-III-9.8

44. Video utilities

xvid-0.9.1
ffmpeg-0.4.6
avifile-0.7.34
MPlayer-0.90
xine-lib-1-beta9
xine-ui-0.9.19
transcode-0.6.2

45. CD-Writing utilities

Configuring your kernel for CD-Writing
cdrtools-2.0
cdrdao-1.1.7

XIII. Printing, Scanning and Typesetting

46. Printing

cups-1.1.18
Ghostscript-8.00
Ghostscript-7.05.5
LPRng-3.8.20

47. Scanning

sane-1.0.9
xsane-0.90

48. Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)

sgml-common-0.6.3
sgml-dtd-3.1
sgml-dtd-4.2
OpenSP-1.5
OpenJade-1.3.2
docbook-dsssl-1.78

49. Extensible Markup Language (XML)

xml-dtd-4.2
docbook-xsl-1.60.1

50. Postscript

a2ps-4.13b
enscript-1.6.1
gsview-4.3
psutils-p17
xpdf-2.02

51. Typesetting

tex-2.0.2

XIV. Appendices

A. List of rc?.d symlinks used in LFS/BLFS

rc0.d
rc1.d
rc2.d
rc3.d
rc4.d
rc5.d
rc6.d

B. Installing in non-default locations

List of Tables
4-1. Essential config-options for a firewalling-enabled Kernel
A-1. rc0.d symlinks
A-2. rc1.d symlinks
A-3. rc2.d symlinks
A-4. rc3.d symlinks
A-5. rc4.d symlinks
A-6. rc5.d symlinks
A-7. rc6.d symlinks

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