%general-entities; ]> Create a directory for the CLFS build (the exact location is up to you): mkdir -p /mnt/clfs Assign it to the CLFS environment variable: export CLFS=/mnt/clfs Ensure that this new directory has permissions that are too restrictive such that you can write to it as a non-root user. chmod 777 $CLFS Now that there is an established place to work, it is time to download the packages.