Chuck wrote: > Version LFS 6.2.3 Live CD > > Book Section 5.3 > > When attempting to create the directory binutils-build using > > mkdir -v ../binutils-build
<snip/> > Am I in the right directory at this time? I have seen other messages which > indicated I need to be in the directory: > /mnt/lfs/sources > > but if that is valid I would have the same problem as /mnt/lfs is owned by > root with no write provision for user lfs. > > Any idea were I am going wrong here or in a previous section? > > Thanks > Hi, It doesn't really matter "where" you build your sources. Once you initiate the "make install" command - the code which has just been compiled gets installed in the right locations such as /usr/lib /bin etc etc... So you could make a "build" dir under your /home and start making everything from there. But of course, when you issue the mkdir -v ../binutils-build command. You MUST be in the already extracted binutils directory. So, if you are in home/lfs/ and you extract binutils-2.x.x-tar.gz you have /home/lfs/binutils-2.x.x. You should cd into that directory before entering ANY commands in the each package's page in the book. Personally, I would create a /sources directory under your lfs partition and then extract from inside the sources dir. So you have /mnt/lfs/sources/currently-extracted-source-package-dir/"do commands here!" Obviously you need to have mounted your partition on which you are going to build lfs first. Usually under /mnt of your host. So, just to be clear. Lets say you want to build lfs on partition: /dev/hda1 You mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/lfs then you set LFS=/mnt/lfs Do everything else in $LFS. Have your source packages under $LFS so they will be still available once you enter the chroot phase... Hope this helps. Alan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
