source: clfs-embedded/BOOK/partitioning/creatingbuilddir.xml @ 2116d25

Last change on this file since 2116d25 was 2116d25, checked in by Andrew Bradford <andrew@…>, 11 years ago

Simplify the partitioning directory

Everything is common so only 1 source is needed.

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File size: 987 bytes
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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-partitioning-creatingbuilddir">
9  <?dbhtml filename="creatingbuilddir.html"?>
10
11  <title>Creating a Build Directory</title>
12
13  <para> Create a directory for the CLFS build (the exact location is up to
14    you): </para>
15
16<screen><userinput>mkdir -p /mnt/clfs</userinput></screen>
17
18  <para>Assign it to the <envar>CLFS</envar> environment variable:</para>
19
20<screen><userinput>export CLFS=/mnt/clfs</userinput></screen>
21
22  <para>Ensure that this new directory has permissions that are too restrictive
23    such that you can write to it as a non-root user.</para>
24
25<screen><userinput>chmod 777 $CLFS</userinput></screen>
26
27  <para>Now that there is an established place to work, it is time to
28  download the packages.</para>
29
30</sect1>
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