Hi all,
I've got few questions that I'd like to see cleared concerning {B}LFS
installation of a machine.
First, how can you update a LFS system, keeping all config ?
Does this steps ensure that it will work :
- Boot on a liveCD that complies with LFS installation,
- mount all filesystems that are required,
- Erase all directories that contains programs (/usr, /bin, /sbin, /lib)
- start the LFS and the continue with BLFSI've done so after seeing that I couldn't install kde anymore, either using the BLFS instructions or using the konstruct toolset, but I still have the same problem. When I did this, I went through the LFS6.1 and BLFS-svn books, but I remember having someone here telling me that the svn versions could have been a better choice. So, since I can't update kde, and since I need programs I can't compile, I'm looking forward to re-install my whole machine. I've been told that my problem could come from a broken memory, but I've passed all to memtest86, and no error was found.... Anyway, could someone tell me if this will be a good idea to go straight to svn versions of all books or not ? As for kde, why isn't the process of installing this using the konstruct toolset covered by the book ? I think that this tool can save many things to the end user, but that's my opinion. For those who don't know what it does, here is a short description of what I understood : - it compiles and installs all that is required to have a full kde work correctly. - installed programs are located at the same place, so that an update is fairly easy. - it checks the system for installed programs (like openldap, pilot-link, and so on) and compiles kde accordingly. - it installs many libs with the parameters required by kde to run properly (I particularly think of glibc, libxml, libxslt, and so on...). I know that it does not complies with BLFS which installs all packages independently, but it could be helpful to - at least - have a tip on how to use it safely. If I have time, I can write a hint on how to do this, but do you think that it will be useful ? Thanks for your advices...
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