Changeset 8b354833


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Timestamp:
05/07/2005 11:38:51 AM (19 years ago)
Author:
Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@…>
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    88<sect1 id="intro-important-beyond">
    9 <sect1info>
    10 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    11 <date>$Date$</date>
    12 </sect1info>
    13 <?dbhtml filename="beyond.html"?>
    14 <title>Going Beyond <acronym>BLFS</acronym></title>
     9  <?dbhtml filename="beyond.html"?>
    1510
    16 <para>The packages that are installed in this book are only the tip of the
    17 iceberg. We hope that the experience you gained with the <acronym>LFS</acronym>
    18 book and the <acronym>BLFS</acronym> book will give you the background needed
    19 to compile, install and configure packages that are not included in this book.
    20 </para>
     11  <sect1info>
     12    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
     13    <date>$Date$</date>
     14  </sect1info>
    2115
    22 <para>When you want to install a package to a location other than
    23 <filename class='directory'>/</filename>, or
    24 <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, you are installing
    25 outside the default environment settings on most machines.  The following
    26 examples should assist you in determining how to correct this situation.
    27 The examples cover the complete range of settings that may need
    28 updating, but they are not all needed in every situation.</para>
     16  <title>Going Beyond BLFS</title>
    2917
    30 <itemizedlist>
    31 <listitem><para>Expand the <envar>PATH</envar> to include
    32 <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/bin</filename>.</para></listitem>
     18  <para>The packages that are installed in this book are only the tip of the
     19  iceberg. We hope that the experience you gained with the LFS book and
     20  the BLFS book will give you the background needed to compile, install
     21  and configure packages that are not included in this book.</para>
    3322
    34 <listitem><para>Expand the <envar>PATH</envar> for root to include
    35 <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/sbin</filename>.</para></listitem>
     23  <para>When you want to install a package to a location other than
     24  <filename class='directory'>/</filename>, or
     25  <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, you are installing
     26  outside the default environment settings on most machines.  The following
     27  examples should assist you in determining how to correct this situation.
     28  The examples cover the complete range of settings that may need
     29  updating, but they are not all needed in every situation.</para>
    3630
    37 <listitem><para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/lib</filename>
    38 to <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> or expand
    39 <envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar> to include it. Before using the latter option,
    40 check out <ulink url="http://www.visi.com/~barr/ldpath.html"/>. If you
    41 modify <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>, remember to update
    42 <filename>/etc/ld.so.cache</filename> by executing <command>ldconfig</command>
    43 as the root user.</para></listitem>
     31  <itemizedlist>
     32    <listitem>
     33      <para>Expand the <envar>PATH</envar> to include
     34      <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/bin</filename>.</para>
     35    </listitem>
     36    <listitem>
     37      <para>Expand the <envar>PATH</envar> for
     38      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to include
     39      <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/sbin</filename>.</para>
     40    </listitem>
     41    <listitem>
     42      <para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/lib</filename>
     43      to <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> or expand
     44      <envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar> to include it. Before using the latter option,
     45      check out <ulink url="http://www.visi.com/~barr/ldpath.html"/>. If you
     46      modify <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>, remember to update
     47      <filename>/etc/ld.so.cache</filename> by executing <command>ldconfig</command>
     48      as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.</para>
     49    </listitem>
     50    <listitem>
     51      <para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/man</filename>
     52      to <filename>/etc/man.conf</filename> or expand <envar>MANPATH</envar>.</para>
     53    </listitem>
     54    <listitem>
     55      <para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/info</filename>
     56      to <envar>INFOPATH</envar>.</para>
     57    </listitem>
     58    <listitem>
     59      <para>Add <filename
     60      class='directory'>$PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig</filename> to
     61      <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar>.</para>
     62    </listitem>
     63    <listitem>
     64      <para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/include</filename> to
     65      <envar>CPPFLAGS</envar> when compiling packages that depend on
     66      the package you installed.</para>
     67    </listitem>
     68  </itemizedlist>
    4469
    45 <listitem><para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/man</filename>
    46 to <filename>/etc/man.conf</filename> or expand <envar>MANPATH</envar>.</para>
    47 </listitem>
     70  <para>If you are in search of a package that is not in the book, the following
     71  are different ways you can search for the concerned package.</para>
    4872
    49 <listitem><para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/info</filename>
    50 to <envar>INFOPATH</envar>.</para></listitem>
     73  <itemizedlist>
     74    <listitem>
     75      <para>If you know the name of the package, then search FreshMeat for
     76      it at <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/"/>. Also search Google at
     77      <ulink url="http://google.com/"/>. Sometimes a search for the rpm at
     78      <ulink url="http://rpmfind.net/"/> or the deb at
     79      <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages"/> can also
     80      lead to a link to the package.</para>
     81    </listitem>
     82    <listitem>
     83      <para>If you know the name of the executable, but not the package
     84      that the executable belongs to, first try a google search with the name of the
     85      executable. If the results are overwhelming, try searching for the given
     86      executable in the Debian repository at
     87      <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents"/>.</para>
     88    </listitem>
     89  </itemizedlist>
    5190
    52 <listitem><para>Add <filename
    53 class='directory'>$PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig</filename> to
    54 <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar>.</para></listitem>
     91  <para>Some general hints on handling new packages:</para>
    5592
    56 <listitem><para>Add <filename
    57 class='directory'>$PREFIX/include</filename> to <envar>CPPFLAGS</envar> when
    58 compiling packages that depend on the package you installed.</para></listitem>
    59 </itemizedlist>
     93  <itemizedlist>
     94    <listitem>
     95      <para>Many of the newer packages follow the <command>./configure
     96      &amp;&amp; make &amp;&amp; make install</command> process.
     97      Help on the options accepted by configure can be obtained via the
     98      command <command>./configure --help</command>.</para>
     99    </listitem>
     100    <listitem>
     101      <para>Most of the packages contain documentation on compiling and
     102      installing the package. Some of the documents are excellent, some not so
     103      excellent. Check out the homepage of the package for any additional and updated
     104      hints for compiling and configuring the package.</para>
     105    </listitem>
     106    <listitem>
     107      <para>If you are having a problem compiling the package, try
     108      searching the lfs archives at <ulink url="http://search.linuxfromscratch.org/"/>
     109      for the error or if that fails try searching Google. If everything else fails,
     110      try the blfs-support mailing-list/news-group.</para>
     111    </listitem>
     112  </itemizedlist>
    60113
    61 <para>If you are in search of a package that is not in the book, the following
    62 are different ways you can search for the concerned package.</para>
    63 
    64 <itemizedlist>
    65 
    66 <listitem><para>If you know the name of the package, then search FreshMeat for
    67 it at <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/"/>. Also search Google at
    68 <ulink url="http://google.com/"/>. Sometimes a search for the rpm at
    69 <ulink url="http://rpmfind.net/"/> or the deb at
    70 <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages"/> can also
    71 lead to a link to the package.</para></listitem>
    72 
    73 <listitem><para>If you know the name of the executable, but not the package
    74 that the executable belongs to, first try a google search with the name of the
    75 executable. If the results are overwhelming, try searching for the given
    76 executable in the Debian repository at
    77 <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents"/>.
    78 </para></listitem>
    79 
    80 </itemizedlist>
    81 
    82 <para>Some general hints on handling new packages:</para>
    83 
    84 <itemizedlist>
    85 
    86 <listitem><para>Many of the newer packages follow the <command>./configure
    87 &amp;&amp; make &amp;&amp; make install</command> process.
    88 Help on the options accepted by configure can be obtained via the
    89 command <command>./configure --help</command>.</para></listitem>
    90 
    91 <listitem><para>Most of the packages contain documentation on compiling and
    92 installing the package. Some of the documents are excellent, some not so
    93 excellent. Check out the homepage of the package for any additional and updated
    94 hints for compiling and configuring the package.</para></listitem>
    95 
    96 <listitem><para>If you are having a problem compiling the package, try
    97 searching the lfs archives at <ulink url="http://search.linuxfromscratch.org/"/>
    98 for the error or if that fails try searching Google. If everything else fails,
    99 try the blfs support mailing-list/news-server.</para></listitem>
    100 
    101 </itemizedlist>
    102 
    103 <tip><para>If you have found a package that is only available in .deb or .rpm
    104 format, there are two small scripts, <command>rpm2targz</command> and
    105 <command>deb2targz</command> that are available at
    106 <ulink url="&downloads-project;/deb2targz.tar.bz2"/> and
    107 <ulink url="&downloads-project;/rpm2targz.tar.bz2"/> to convert the archives
    108 into a simple <filename>tar.gz</filename> format.</para></tip>
     114  <tip>
     115    <para>If you have found a package that is only available in .deb or .rpm
     116    format, there are two small scripts, <command>rpm2targz</command> and
     117    <command>deb2targz</command> that are available at
     118    <ulink url="&downloads-project;/deb2targz.tar.bz2"/> and
     119    <ulink url="&downloads-project;/rpm2targz.tar.bz2"/> to convert the archives
     120    into a simple <filename>tar.gz</filename> format.</para>
     121  </tip>
    109122
    110123</sect1>
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