Rebuilding Your System from Sources

We're now ready to go. This is a process consisting of a good number of steps, so we'll take our time with it.

The make world process itself consists of four main compilation steps, listed in Table 18.3. They can be reduced to two steps if you're feeling exceptionally confident. For this first time through the make world procedure, we'll take each step individually.

Table 18.3. Steps Involved in a Complete make world Process
Four-Step Command Two-Step Command Meaning
make buildworld make world Builds and installs everything but the kernel
make installworld make buildkernel Builds and installs the kernel
make kernel make installkernel  

The make world and make kernel commands should be used only by seasoned veterans ...

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