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[6370fa6]1<sect1 id="ch02-aboutlfs">
2<title>About $LFS</title>
[04f5529]3<?dbhtml filename="aboutlfs.html" dir="chapter02"?>
[6370fa6]4
[b822811]5<para>Please read the following carefully: throughout this book
[2c094d6]6the variable LFS will be used frequently. $LFS must at all times be
[fada431]7replaced with the directory where the partition that contains the LFS system
[6370fa6]8is mounted. How to create and where to mount the partition will be
[26e62aa]9explained in full detail in Chapter 4. For example, let's assume that
[fada431]10the LFS partition is mounted on /mnt/lfs.</para>
[97f1db3]11
[1e6acd6]12<para>When you are told to run a command like
[60ed866]13<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/static</userinput> you actually have to
14execute <userinput>./configure --prefix=/mnt/lfs/static</userinput>.</para>
[6370fa6]15
[b822811]16<para>It's important that this is done no matter where it is read; be it in
17commands entered in a shell, or in a file edited or created.</para>
[6370fa6]18
[b822811]19<para>A possible solution is to set the environment variable LFS.
[fada431]20This way $LFS can be entered literally instead of replacing it with
[6ad9627]21/mnt/lfs. This is accomplished by running: </para>
22
23<para><screen><userinput>export LFS=/mnt/lfs</userinput></screen></para>
[6370fa6]24
[2294abc]25<para>Now, if you are told to run a command such as
26<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/static</userinput>, then you may type
27it literally. Your shell will replace $LFS with /mnt/lfs when it processes
28the command line (meaning when you hit enter after having typed the
29command).</para>
[6370fa6]30
31</sect1>
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