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<sect1 id="intro-important-beyond">
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<?dbhtml filename="beyond.html" dir="introduction"?>
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<title>Going Beyond <acronym>BLFS</acronym></title>
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<para>The packages that are installed in this book are only the tip of the
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iceberg. We hope that the experience you gained with the <acronym>LFS</acronym>
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book and the <acronym>BLFS</acronym> book will give you the background needed
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to compile, install and configure packages that are not included in this book.
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</para>
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<para>If you are in search of a package that is not in the book, the following
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are different ways you can search for the concerned package.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>If you know the name of the package, then search FreshMeat for
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at <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/"/>. Also search Google at
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<ulink url="http://google.com/"/>. Sometimes a search for the rpm at
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<ulink url="http://rpmfind.net/"/> or the deb at
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<ulink url="http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages"/> can also
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lead to the website for the package.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>If you know the name of the executable, but not the package
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that the executable belongs to, first try a google search with the name of the
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executable. If the results are overwhelming, try searching for the given
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executable in the debian repository at
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<ulink url="http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents"/>.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Some general hints on handling new packages:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Many of the newer packages follow the <command>./configure
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&& make && make install</command> <emphasis>dance</emphasis>
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routine. Help on the options accepted by configure can be obtained via the
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command <command>./configure --help</command>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Most of the packages contain documentation on compiling and
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installing the package. Some of the documents are excellent, some not so
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excellent. Check out the homepage of the package for any additional and updated
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hints for compiling and configuring the package.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>If you are having a problem compiling the package, try
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searching the lfs archives at <ulink url="http://search.linuxfromscratch.org/"/>
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for the error or if that fails try searching google. If everything else fails,
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try the blfs support mailing-list/news-server.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<tip><para>If you have found a package that is only available in .deb or .rpm
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format, there are two small scripts rpm2targz and deb2targz that are available
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at <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/downloads/"/> to convert
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the archives into a simple tar.gz format.</para></tip>
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</sect1>
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