I'm looking at making a LFS for myself only and to make it the way I
want it to look. But I have 64-bit computers that I want to make as
64-bit LFS. I did do some research and found that creating a 64-bit LFS
is controlled by the compiler by choosing for it to compile in 64-bit.
Is that correct.
Now the other thing is do I have to use .deb or .rpm to build a LFS
system or can I get all the source code and compile everything and build
it that way.
I am finding that some distro's are rewriting the code to make it so you
have to use their packages and that they make it harder to be able to
get the package for example: firefox from the firefox web site and untar
the tarball and get it to install on for example: ubuntu. One time I
downloaded firefox from the web site and tried to install it and I had
so much trouble. What I had to do was to alter this and that and make a
symlink to different libs and other files. I ended up just giving up on
the whole thing and just removed it all.
Now I feel that a linux box should be able to install a tarball package
onto the box without having a full frustrating workout.
I do remember using such distro's which made installing packages without
a workout, but now those distro's are gone like non-existant now.
Now I find it is time to build my own box where installing tarball
packages are enjoyable and not bloated like some distro's.
So again is my question: can I build a linux box without having to be
stuck using .deb or .rpm and just compile everything to build a box from
LFS.
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