On Sunday 07 January 2007 23:40, Slackrat wrote: > However, I am not vi literate and need to know how difficult it will > be to install emacs/gnus/erc as I am heavily dependent upon the emacs > appz
BLFS Book is usually used after LFS Book is finished. So, when you have finished building LFS you can read BLFS and build applications/libraries described there. Moreover, I guess building packages absent in LFS (for example, by using BLFS) is _necessary_ to build a "really usable" system. BLFS has two basic differences from LFS: 1. Unlike LFS, BLFS do _not_ have the order packages must be built in. 2. Nobody has actually to install _all_ the BLFS packages. Choose those you need and forget about other ones. In particular, among many other packages BLFS Book contains emacs http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/emacs.html but seems to miss other programs you mentioned. You can try to build them yourself which would be good practice for you ;) -- Nothing but perfection pv -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
