Linux From Scratch installation script template generator that produces installation script(s) that matches your preference on how you want to install Linux From Scratch automatically. LFSInstaller extends from the original implementation of ALFS by version selection of older LFS release builds and preference of the installation types with minimum requirement of manual interference.
Clone LFSInstaller repository to a suitable directory.
git clone https://github.com/eliaz5536/LFSInstaller.git
Go into the repository directory and add execute permission to LFSInstaller.sh.
cd /LFSInstaller
chmod +x LFSInstaller.sh
Execute the shell script (It is recommended that you execute as a root user).
./LFSInstaller.sh
To create your first LFS installation script to start your installation, perform the following command which will go through interactive mode if no arguments have passed:
./LFSInstaller.sh -c
If you want to immediately create LFS Installation script with arguments, you can pass those arguments with the following command with this example to have a head start of creating the installation script(s):
./LFSInstaller.sh -c -v=<VERSION> -p=<PARTITION> -sp=<SWAP_PARTITION> -vc=<VERSION_CODENAME> -dc=<DISTRIBUTION_CODENAME> -c
./LFSInstaller.sh -c --version=<VERSION> --partition=<PARTITION> --swap-partition=<SWAP_PARTITION> --version-codename=<VERSION_CODENAME> --distribution-codename=<DISTRIBUTION_CODENAME> -c
You can easily initialize the installation process (single or phase-by-phase) after the creation of the installation script(s) by executing one of the following commands:
./LFSInstaller.sh --install
./LFSInstaller.sh -i
You can select two types of installation scripts that you want to produce which are the following and can be executed as it follows:
The installation will be produced as a single script that will append the installation of packages into the main installation script install.sh. The commands can be executed through the following:
./LFSInstaller.sh --install-type=single -c
./LFSInstaller.sh --install-type=s -c
./LFSInstaller.sh -it=single -c
./LFSInstaller.sh -it=s -c
The installation will be installed in phases, meaning that each stage of the installation will be created as each script in order to ensure that the following target machine meets its requirements. The phases can be represented as such:
| Installation Lifecycle | Installation State | Installation Description |
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | Build Preparation | Creating and setting up LFS partition in order to build the LFS system. |
| Phase 2 | Cross Toolchain | Compiling and installing cross toolchain (binutils, gcc and glibc) and temporary tools using the cross-toolchain. |
| Phase 3 | Chroot | Entering chroot environment on the isolated LFS system to install selected packages. |
| Phase 4 | System Configuration | Setting up system configuration such as the kernel and bootloader. |
| Installation Lifecycle | Installation State | Installation Description |
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | Build Preparation | Creating and setting up LFS partition in order to build the LFS system. |
| Phase 2 | Cross Toolchain & Chroot | Compiling cross toolchain with temporary tools and entering chroot environment to install selected packages. |
| Phase 4 | System Configuration | Setting up system configuration such as the kernel and bootloader. |
The commands can be executed through the following:
./LFSInstaller.sh --install-type=phase -c
./LFSInstaller.sh --install-type=p -c
./LFSInstaller.sh -it=phase -c
./LFSInstaller.sh -it=p -c
Warning
It is highly recommended that you compile and install Linux From Scratch through phase-by-phase installation type to ensure that your isolated system is properly configured and set up correctly from each step of the installation to your own liking.
Important
It is essential and a must that you must review and modify the installation script(s) before initializing the installation to ensure that there are no conflicts or major errors prone to interfere during the installation process.
You can mount the LFS mounting point to the target partition and unmount automatically with certain flags that you can pass through to perform such process through the following: You can mount your preferred target partition to the LFS mounting point and vice-versa automatically by executing one of the following commands that will also create directories for further modification of the LFS filesystem such as the virtual kernel file systems:
./LFSInstaller.sh --mount
./LFSInstaller.sh -m
./LFSInstaller.sh --unmount
./LFSInstaller.sh -um
If the mount is successful and you completed two phases of installation, you can enter chroot environment to install packages of your choice in an isolated environment. However, your LFS drives must be mounted and with addition that the cross toolchain tools are compiled such as coreutils to access environment:
./LFSInstaller.sh --chroot
If you're unsure if the latest release build of LFS is compatible with your kernel or hardware for installation, you can select the version of your choice by passing the argument '--version' or '-v' of the following which you can specify the build version to install specific version of packages of your choice:
./LFSInstaller --version=12.2 -c
./LFSInstaller -v=12.2 -c
If you are uncertain about the version that you can choose from, you can execute this command to display the list of release builds of LFS:
./LFSInstaller --version-list
The following release builds of LFS that you can select from are the following:
| Release Build | Version | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| LFS-12.2 Release | 12.2 | 2024/09/01 |
| LFS-12.2-rc1 Release | 12.2-rc1 | 2024/08/18 |
| LFS-12.1 Release | 12.1 | 2024/03/01 |
| LFS-12.2-rc1 Release | 12.2 | 2024/02/15 |
| LFS-12.0 Release | 12.0 | 2023/09/01 |
| LFS-12.0-rc1 Release | 12.0-rc1 | 2023/08/15 |
| LFS-11.3 Release | 11.3 | 2023/03/01 |
| LFS-11.3-rc1 Release | 11.3-rc1 | 2023/02/14 |
| LFS-11.2 Release | 11.2 | 2022/09/01 |
| LFS-11.2-rc1 Release | 11.2-rc1 | 2022/08/21 |
| LFS Stable Version 11.1 Release | 11.1 | 2022/03/01 |
| LFS-11.1-rc1 Release | 11.1-rc1 | 2022/02/15 |
| LFS-11.0 Release | 11.0 | 2021/09/01 |
| LFS-11.0-rc3 Release | 11.0-rc3 | 2021/08/25 |
| LFS-11.0-rc2 Release | 11.0-rc2 | 2021/08/20 |
| LFS-11.0-rc1 Release | 11.0-rc1 | 2021/08/15 |
| LFS Stable Version 10.1 Release | 10.1 | 2021/03/01 |
| LFS-10.1-rc1 Release | 10.1-rc1 | 2021/02/19 |
| LFS Stable Version 10.0 Release | 10.0 | 2020/09/01 |
| LFS-10.0-rc1 Release | 10.0-rc1 | 2020/08/15 |
| LFS Stable Version 9.1 Release | 9.1 | 2020/03/01 |
| LFS 9.1-rc1 Release | 9.1-rc1 | 2020/02/14 |
| LFS Stable Version 9.0 Release | 9.0 | 2019/09/01 |
| LFS 9.0-rc1 Release | 9.0-rc1 | 2019/08/15 |
If you have not created a partition before initializing the LFS installation and you do not want to go through the manual configuration of creating such partition, you can create your partition through LFSInstaller by the following command:
./LFSInstaller --create-partition
The following process scans a list of disk utility and management application in your host machine, by which you can select such software in order to proceed with partitioning.
| Disk Utility Programs |
|---|
| cfdisk |
| fdisk |
| parted |
| gparted |
| gdisk |
LFSInstaller
LFS Script Installer by which the user can decide how they want to customize their own package.
This is designed to be a template starter for Linux enthusiasts who want to
Usage: ./LFSInstaller.sh [modes] [options] [others]
It is recommended to execute this script as a root user.
Modes:
-c, --create Generates LFS installation script
-i, --install Starts LFS Installation script
-it, --install-type Specifies installation type
--create-partition Specifies new device blocks of partition
-m, --mount Mounts LFS to a target partition
-um, --unmount Unmounts LFS from a target partition
--chroot Enters chroot environment on an isolated machine
Options:
-v, --version Specifies LFS Release Build Version
-p, --partition Specifies partition
-sp, --swap-partition Specifies SWAP partition
-vc, --version-codename Specifies version codename
-dc, --distrib-codename Specifies distrib codename
Others:
-h, --help Show help message
-u, --usage Show usage information
--version-list Show list of LFS Release Builds
Examples:
./LFSInstaller -m Initializes mounting procedure
./LFSInstaller -c Creates standard installation script in interactive mode (if no values have passed)
./LFSInstaller --partition=/dev/sda1 --install-type=phase -c Creates installation script, on the '/dev/sda1' partition, which will create shell script as phases.
./LFSInstaller --version=9.0 -c Creates installation script that uses the release build version '9.0'
LFSInstaller
Usage: ./LFSInstaller.sh [modes] [options] [others]
It is recommended to execute this script as a root user.
This project is licensed under MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.