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1<sect1 id="prepare-aboutlfs">
2<title>About $LFS</title>
3
4<para>Please read the following paragraphs carefully. Throughout this book the
5variable LFS will be used frequently. $LFS must at all times be replaced with
6the directory where the partition that contains the LFS system is mounted. How
7to create and where to mount the partition will be explained in full detail in
8<xref linkend="chapter-making-space"/>. For the moment let's assume that the LFS partition
9is mounted on <filename>/mnt/lfs</filename>.</para>
10
11<para>When you are told to run a command like
12<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/tools</userinput>, you actually have to
13execute <userinput>./configure --prefix=/mnt/lfs/tools</userinput>.</para>
14
15<para>It's important that this is done no matter where it is read; be it in
16commands entered in a shell, or in a file edited or created.</para>
17
18<para>A possible solution is to set the environment variable LFS.
19This way $LFS can be entered literally instead of replacing it with
20/mnt/lfs. This is accomplished by running: </para>
21
22<screen><userinput>export LFS=/mnt/lfs</userinput></screen>
23
24<para>Now, if you are told to run a command such as
25<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/tools</userinput>, then you may type it
26literally. Your shell will replace "$LFS" with "/mnt/lfs" when it processes
27the command line (that is, when you hit Enter after having typed the
28command).</para>
29
30</sect1>
31
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