i'm trying to install LFS and its to no avail so far.

the first try out I got to step two, where I encountered a bootstrap 2 error. This is the second try and I'm only on the binutils installation but a peculiar thing has happened...

I've created all of the necessary directories and I have all of the necessary files. I also opened the binutils file to be sure it was containing all necessary materials.

anyway, I go to gunzip and it states each file name as if it were untarring, except it says no such file or directory, i.e.

tar: binutils-2.17/cpu/xc16x.cpu: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/cpu/xc16x.opc
tar: binutils-2.17/cpu/xc16x.opc: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/Makefile.in
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/Makefile.in: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/configure
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/configure: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/configure.in
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/configure.in: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/standards.texi
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/standards.texi: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/make-stds.texi
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/make-stds.texi: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/standards.info
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/standards.info: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/configure.texi
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/configure.texi: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/configure.info
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/configure.info: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/configbuild.ein
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/configbuild.ein: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/configbuild.fig
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/configbuild.fig: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/configbuild.jin
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/configbuild.jin: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/configbuild.tin
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/configbuild.tin: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/configdev.ein
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/configdev.ein: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/configdev.fig
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/configdev.fig: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/configdev.jin
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/configdev.jin: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/configdev.tin
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/configdev.tin: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/fdl.texi
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/fdl.texi: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/etc/texi2pod.pl
tar: binutils-2.17/etc/texi2pod.pl: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/texinfo/texinfo.tex
tar: binutils-2.17/texinfo/texinfo.tex: Cannot open: No such file or directory
binutils-2.17/md5.sum
tar: binutils-2.17/md5.sum: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
lfs@andres-desktop:/home/andres/Desktop/LFS/binutils-build$

I double checked and found the directory where it was made as stated in the prompt, like I said I checked the file. I thought it might be some variance of permission denied so I checked the sudoers file, and I'm in there (the new lfs user too) and it appears as though all is well, but all is not well.

? any help?

pls provide your pwd and the exact command you are entering before getting an error.

I skip any post with subjects that include "don't skip my post", "Help Me!", "Emergency", "Desperate", and "Urgent".

It's a bad subject title - agreed, but let's try to solve the lfs problem.

i don't know how this occurred as no directory, but i retried the command with sudo and it works

i can't say for s&g's, but why would it return that error with no files and directory when all is in order in terms of existing, just because i didn't use sudo?

No.

Follow instructions in the book exactly.

In lfs partition create sources and tools directories. At least from your pwd it seems that you definitely don't have sources (sure you can get away without having it but why complicate things?)

Second, when you create a binutils-build directory your untarred binutils source must not be in it. It must be at the same level i.e. you will have /sources/binutils-build and /sources/binutils-x.x.x. By that token why did you even move binutils-x.x.x.tr.bz2 to binutils-build? Keep it at the level above (i.e. in /sources) and just do 'tar xf binutils.x.x.tr.bz2'. Then cd to binutils-build and from there do '../binutils.x.x/configure ...' etc.

Basically just do as the book says, don't improvise.

iconicmoronic, you've got some really bad forum manners - not just the thread subject, but then you go and erase your post to which I've already replied. You do realize that the purpose of this forum is to help not only you but also others who might be making the same mistake in the future? The post you've erased contained a mistake which I pointed out - now others will not see it.

Okay, here's a recovered post #5 as it was when I was replying to it in post #6:

iconicmoronic:

sorry about the manners, i'm not trying to be a pester...

my experience in the forum has been negative, no replies and such... some turd kept telling me of a post i knew i had no cd use a cd use a cd.... it got hectic.

anyhow your post shows and that mistake isn't the issue at hand because everything installed fine after i sudoed the command.

i tried to follow the book exactly and ran into the same problems.

i have sources and tools, and during compilation i've been getting the error that the tools directory already exists.

the fact is i want to install LFS so bad that i'm in a "hurry", not trying to be rude and i apologize.

in fact, this is the only forum that has LFS on its title that i've found, so i'm not trying to upset anyone.

anyhow things still aren't going well with the install, next step i reached a bootstrap error. i'll understand if you don't reply again, but i won't be winded.

in the previous post that i had about a bootstrap error from a previous attempt, someone told me that it was due to patches. is there a tutorial somewhere to learn how to apply these patches because if its a command i'm unfamiliar and if i need to edit a file, LFS doesn't say which one.

fact is i'm a noob, and maybe i shouldn't install LFS but every distro i tried, Fedora, Knoppix, Ubuntu... all this sudo mess has me p'oed. I don't need that kind of security and its become a nuissance.

so, as per forum etiquette, should I restart a thread? hope someone replies to the previous one? stay chattered in here? last time I changed the thread, some turd started hollering about being in the same thread when it was a different topic. this can be called solved as far as binutils and to summarize:

i didn't use the /binutils-build directory as LFS book states

i created a subdirectory where my tarballs were entitled binutils-build where i gunzipped

then i entered the binutils-4.1.2 directory and utilize the CC command to enable c language and install into the tools directory

*there was a problem here, I had to delete the tools directory and allow the configure process to create the directory itself (which sounds sketchy)

with that make make install and binutils pass one was complete.

my BSU time was approx. 5 minutes.

binutils SOLVED

Don't be in a hurry - building LFS takes time, compiling all those packages will not be a one day job. It took me over a week (albeit on pretty old hardware and I was doing it "in-between things").
Make sure your initial setup is correct (from your post it looks like it does not follow the book to the letter) - you might get away with it at first but as you progress things will break.

okay, i'm starting over... hope i can figure this out. do you know if there's tutorial for applying patches?

Usually instructions do come with patches.

Coming back to the original issue, make sure you have a separate partition, do mount it at /mnt/lfs (yes, you can mount it anywhere but it so much easier later if you don't have to think about these changes), make sure $LFS is set and exported correctly as /mnt/lfs (and it doesn't hurt to re-check it later once in a while with 'echo $LFS'), make sure you have /mnt/lfs/tools and /mnt/lfs/sources.

All the .tr.gz and tr.bz2 files you download to compile you should place in /mnt/lfs/sources and then extract them there. And if it tells you to create a separate build directory that means than you need to have /mnt/sources/packagename.tr.gz, /mnt/sources/packagename/ and /mnt/sources/packagename-build/ .

{important} Also remember that when the book gives you instructions on how to build a particular package it expects you to have untarred it already and to be IN the untarred directory i.e. your pwd will be /mnt/lfs/sources/packagename/ .

Tip for later part of the book - always be careful when chrooting and mounting filesystems. It's easy to forget if you rebooted.

i'm gonna get out a notebook and follow the instructions as such.

actually i haven't seen any instructions with the patches, i check it a few minutes ago and saw nothing, and LFS book doesn't specify to apply the patch during pass 1, is it for pass 2 after chroot?

anyway i'm turning in for the evening and will give it another try in the morning. i've got some clean up to do with the mess i made already first, but it's easy enough, thanks for the advice and sorry again.

P.S I'm still at odds ends as to why the error for my first try with binutils was no such file or directory does not exist when everything did in fact exist and was in order.

to me it doesn't sound like a sudo issue, but i could be wrong. thus i found it strange that sudo fixed the issue.

anyway g'nite all