Download MLFS

Obtain MLFS

MLFS is maintained as a rolling and stable release, based on the trajectory of the LFS book. No downloads are available but can be read online. However, you may wish to render the book yourself.

MLFS can be obtained from the git repository:

git clone --branch multilib https://git.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs.git mlfs

It is recommended to give the name of the directory (mlfs) to avoid clashes with other clones of the LFS repository.

If there is a clone downloaded already, it can be used too. In this case, checkout the multilib branch:

cd <where-clone-is> && git checkout multilib

Rendering the MLFS book

Rendering works the same way as it does with the LFS book. Parameters you may be used to using can also be set here. In addition to the common parameters, MLFS has introduced ARCH which specifies which kind of extensions should be included in the produced output. ARCH can be set to one of the following:

ml_32: Include m32 extensions only
ml_x32: Include mx32 extensions only
ml_all: Include both m32 and mx32 (default)

Packages for MLFS

MLFS has the same packages as LFS, save for one addition:

ISL: Used for enabling grahite loop optimizations in GCC.