4. Rendering offline copy of MLFS book - How to build Multilib Linux From Scratch (MLFS) r12.3-833

MLFS uses a rolling release schedule so to ensure a consistent build, it's best to work from the same revision throughout the process. This video shows how to get a snapshot of a particular revision of the book and render the source files for offline use. This process requires Git and other tools to accomplish this. Therefore this is completed before leaving the Gentoo LiveGUI environment as it contains the essential tools to required to do this.

nb One of the requirements to render the book is HTML Tidy. It is not available in the Gentoo LiveGUI and errors will be emitted because of this. However, they are inconsequential as the generated files are perfectly usable.

In this series of videos I demonstrate how to install Multilib Linux From Scratch (MLFS) using revision r12.3-833 of the rolling-release MLFS book. I use the same LFS-12.3 that I built in previous videos (watch these here:    • LFS 12.3 - How to build Linux From Scratch...  ) as the host Linux operating system. I also use the same hardware as I did for the LFS 12.3 build, and show how I re-partition the disk to make room for MLFS. The full build process is captured throughout this series.

The standard LFS will build to 32 bit or 64 bit, matching the CPU architecture that LFS is being built upon. This means that when complete, LFS will only execute code matching that architecture and is sometimes called a native build.

A Multilib Linux From Scratch system can not only compile and execute 64 bit code but also 32 bit code. This is made possible by compiling certain key programs and libraries at least twice during the MLFS build: once for 64 bit and once for 32 bit. Obviously this means that MLFS takes a little longer to build than a standard LFS build.

As with the standard LFS build, all software used in MLFS is freely available, open source software and all components are compiled from source code.

Playlist:    • MLFS r12.3-833 - How to build Multilib Lin...  

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