How do I convert these XML files to other formats like HTML, PDF, and TXT? You need to have some software installed that deal with these conversions. Please read the INSTALL file to determine what programs you need to install and where to get instructions to install that software. Then come back to this file for examples how to convert these files into various other formats. These instructions are also incorporated in the Makefile. XML to HTML: ------------ Create a directory in which you want to store the HTML files: ~/blfs-html Change to the top of the directory where the xml code is located. Now run: BASEDIR="~/blfs-html" xsltproc --xinclude --nonet -stringparam base.dir $(BASEDIR) \ stylesheets/blfs-chunked.xsl index.xml mkdir -p $(BASEDIR)stylesheets $(BASEDIR)images cp stylesheets/*.css $(BASEDIR)stylesheets cp images/*.png $(BASEDIR)/images sed -i -e "s@../stylesheets@stylesheets@g" $(BASEDIR)/*.html sed -i -e "s@../images@images@g" $(BASEDIR)/*.html sh goTidy $(BASEDIR)/ XML to NOCHUNKS-HTML: -------------------- The NOCHUNKS HTML version is one big HTML file: xsltproc --xinclude --nonet -stringparam profile.condition html \ --output $(BASEDIR)/BLFS-BOOK.html stylesheets/blfs-nochunks.xsl index.xml tidy -config tidy.conf $(BASEDIR)/BLFS-BOOK.html sed -i -e "s@text/html@application/xhtml+xml@g" $(BASEDIR)/BLFS-BOOK.html XML to TXT: ----------- First create the NOCHUNKS HTML file, then convert by running: /usr/bin/lynx -dump nochunks.html > output.txt XML to PDF: ------------------ xsltproc --xinclude --nonet --output blfs.fo stylesheets/blfs-pdf.xsl index.xml sed -i -e "s/inherit/all/" blfs.fo fop.sh blfs.fo blfs.pdf mkdir -p $(BASEDIR)/pdf rm blfs.fo mv blfs.pdf $(BASEDIR)/pdf