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= Download the Cross Linux From Scratch Book =

Several versions of the CLFS book are available for download, in several formats:

== Current Testing ==

This is the release candidate 4 for what will soon be the CLFS 1.0.0 book!  We can use your help testing, so give it a spin if you have some cycles to spare.

The rendered book in an html chunks tarball and in pdf format is available in the [http://cross-lfs.org/files/BOOK/1.0.0rc4/ files for 1.0.0rc4] directory. 

Additional files for this version:
 * [http://cross-lfs.org/files/patches/1.0.0rc4/ Patches]
 * [http://cross-lfs.org/files/packages/1.0.0rc4/ Packages]

== Current Development ==

This is the CLFS Book in its current development state. Changes can happen that break the build temporarily.

Daily rendered [http://cross-lfs.org/files/BOOK/ snapshots] may be downloaded.  Or check out the book's XML source from our Subversion repository and render it yourself:

{{{
svn co http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/BOOK/
}}}

Additional files for this version:
 * [http://cross-lfs.org/files/patches/ Patches]
 * [http://cross-lfs.org/files/udev/ Udev]
 * [http://cross-lfs.org/files/bootscripts/ Bootscripts]
 * [http://cross-lfs.org/files/packages/ Packages]

== CLFS 2.0 (Under Development) ==

This is the CLFS Book used for testing new build methods and is therefore under development.  Please only use the development book above unless you want to help us test.

Daily rendered [http://cross-lfs.org/files/BOOK/ snapshots] may be downloaded.  Or check out the book's XML source from our Subversion repository and render it yourself:

{{{
svn co http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/branches/clfs-2.0/BOOK/
}}}

== Packages for CLFS ==

Chapter 3 of the CLFS book covers the packages and patches needed to build your CLFS system.  The chapter contains 4 sections: packages and patches that are common to all architectures, and packages and patches needed only for your selected architecture.  You can find individual and tarballs of all needed packages and patches on our FTP mirrors.  A list is available on the [wiki:mirrors] page.