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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[4122007] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[f45b1953] | 8 | <sect1 id="intro-important-beyond">
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[8b354833] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="beyond.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <sect1info>
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| 12 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 13 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 14 | </sect1info>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <title>Going Beyond BLFS</title>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <para>The packages that are installed in this book are only the tip of the
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| 19 | iceberg. We hope that the experience you gained with the LFS book and
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| 20 | the BLFS book will give you the background needed to compile, install
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| 21 | and configure packages that are not included in this book.</para>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <para>When you want to install a package to a location other than
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| 24 | <filename class='directory'>/</filename>, or
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| 25 | <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, you are installing
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| 26 | outside the default environment settings on most machines. The following
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| 27 | examples should assist you in determining how to correct this situation.
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| 28 | The examples cover the complete range of settings that may need
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| 29 | updating, but they are not all needed in every situation.</para>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <itemizedlist>
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| 32 | <listitem>
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| 33 | <para>Expand the <envar>PATH</envar> to include
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| 34 | <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/bin</filename>.</para>
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| 35 | </listitem>
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| 36 | <listitem>
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| 37 | <para>Expand the <envar>PATH</envar> for
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| 38 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to include
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| 39 | <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/sbin</filename>.</para>
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| 40 | </listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/lib</filename>
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| 43 | to <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> or expand
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| 44 | <envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar> to include it. Before using the latter option,
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| 45 | check out <ulink url="http://www.visi.com/~barr/ldpath.html"/>. If you
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| 46 | modify <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>, remember to update
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| 47 | <filename>/etc/ld.so.cache</filename> by executing <command>ldconfig</command>
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| 48 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/man</filename>
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| 52 | to <filename>/etc/man.conf</filename> or expand <envar>MANPATH</envar>.</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/info</filename>
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| 56 | to <envar>INFOPATH</envar>.</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>Add <filename
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| 60 | class='directory'>$PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig</filename> to
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| 61 | <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar>.</para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/include</filename> to
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| 65 | <envar>CPPFLAGS</envar> when compiling packages that depend on
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| 66 | the package you installed.</para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | </itemizedlist>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <para>If you are in search of a package that is not in the book, the following
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| 71 | are different ways you can search for the concerned package.</para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <itemizedlist>
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| 74 | <listitem>
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| 75 | <para>If you know the name of the package, then search FreshMeat for
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| 76 | it at <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/"/>. Also search Google at
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| 77 | <ulink url="http://google.com/"/>. Sometimes a search for the rpm at
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| 78 | <ulink url="http://rpmfind.net/"/> or the deb at
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| 79 | <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages"/> can also
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| 80 | lead to a link to the package.</para>
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| 81 | </listitem>
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| 82 | <listitem>
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| 83 | <para>If you know the name of the executable, but not the package
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| 84 | that the executable belongs to, first try a google search with the name of the
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| 85 | executable. If the results are overwhelming, try searching for the given
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| 86 | executable in the Debian repository at
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| 87 | <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents"/>.</para>
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| 88 | </listitem>
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| 89 | </itemizedlist>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <para>Some general hints on handling new packages:</para>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <itemizedlist>
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| 94 | <listitem>
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| 95 | <para>Many of the newer packages follow the <command>./configure
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| 96 | && make && make install</command> process.
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| 97 | Help on the options accepted by configure can be obtained via the
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| 98 | command <command>./configure --help</command>.</para>
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| 99 | </listitem>
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| 100 | <listitem>
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| 101 | <para>Most of the packages contain documentation on compiling and
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| 102 | installing the package. Some of the documents are excellent, some not so
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| 103 | excellent. Check out the homepage of the package for any additional and updated
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| 104 | hints for compiling and configuring the package.</para>
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| 105 | </listitem>
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| 106 | <listitem>
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| 107 | <para>If you are having a problem compiling the package, try
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| 108 | searching the lfs archives at <ulink url="http://search.linuxfromscratch.org/"/>
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| 109 | for the error or if that fails try searching Google. If everything else fails,
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| 110 | try the blfs-support mailing-list/news-group.</para>
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| 111 | </listitem>
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| 112 | </itemizedlist>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <tip>
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| 115 | <para>If you have found a package that is only available in .deb or .rpm
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| 116 | format, there are two small scripts, <command>rpm2targz</command> and
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| 117 | <command>deb2targz</command> that are available at
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| 118 | <ulink url="&downloads-project;/deb2targz.tar.bz2"/> and
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| 119 | <ulink url="&downloads-project;/rpm2targz.tar.bz2"/> to convert the archives
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| 120 | into a simple <filename>tar.gz</filename> format.</para>
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| 121 | </tip>
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| 123 | </sect1>
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