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<p>This documentation is also available in the distribution by the
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  <li><a id="toc-Installation-1" href="Installation.html#Installation">1 Installation</a>
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      <li><a id="toc-Download" href="Preparing-Environment.html#Download">1.1.1 Download</a></li>
      <li><a id="toc-Check-the-integrity-of-the-tarball-_0028Recommended_0029" href="Preparing-Environment.html#Check-the-integrity-of-the-tarball-_0028Recommended_0029">1.1.2 Check the integrity of the tarball (Recommended)</a></li>
      <li><a id="toc-Verify-the-signature" href="Preparing-Environment.html#Verify-the-signature">1.1.3 Verify the signature</a></li>
      <li><a id="toc-Extracting-the-tarball" href="Preparing-Environment.html#Extracting-the-tarball">1.1.4 Extracting the tarball</a></li>
      <li><a id="toc-Obtain-the-chroot-helper" href="Preparing-Environment.html#Obtain-the-chroot-helper">1.1.5 Obtain the chroot helper</a></li>
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    <li><a id="toc-Chroot-1" href="Chroot.html#Chroot">1.2 Chroot</a>
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        <li><a id="toc-Obtaining-from-git" href="Chroot.html#Obtaining-from-git">1.2.1.2 Obtaining from git</a></li>
        <li><a id="toc-Making-the-package-manager-use-the-repositories" href="Chroot.html#Making-the-package-manager-use-the-repositories">1.2.1.3 Making the package manager use the repositories</a></li>
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      <li><a id="toc-Updating-packages" href="Chroot.html#Updating-packages">1.2.2 Updating packages</a></li>
      <li><a id="toc-Installing-packages" href="Chroot.html#Installing-packages">1.2.3 Installing packages</a></li>
      <li><a id="toc-Essential-Software" href="Chroot.html#Essential-Software">1.2.4 Essential Software</a></li>
      <li><a id="toc-Obtaining-the-documentation-_0028optional_0029" href="Chroot.html#Obtaining-the-documentation-_0028optional_0029">1.2.5 Obtaining the documentation (optional)</a></li>
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      <li><a id="toc-Setting-up-hosts-file-_0028optional_0029" href="System-Configuration.html#Setting-up-hosts-file-_0028optional_0029">1.3.2 Setting up hosts file (optional)</a></li>
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    <li><a id="toc-Kernel-1" href="Kernel.html#Kernel">1.4 Kernel</a>
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      <li><a id="toc-Installing-dependencies" href="Kernel.html#Installing-dependencies">1.4.2 Installing dependencies</a></li>
      <li><a id="toc-Compiling-the-kernel" href="Kernel.html#Compiling-the-kernel">1.4.3 Compiling the kernel</a></li>
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      <li><a id="toc-sources" href="Packaging-System.html#sources">2.4.2 <samp>sources</samp></a></li>
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      <li><a id="toc-Shell-Conventions-_002d_002d-10" href="Shell-Conventions.html#Shell-Conventions">3.1.2 Shell Conventions &ndash; 10</a></li>
      <li><a id="toc-Repository-Conventions-_002d_002d-20" href="Repository-Conventions.html#Repository-Conventions">3.1.3 Repository Conventions &ndash; 20</a></li>
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      <li><a id="toc-_002fetc_002finit_002frc_002econf-file" href="Configuring-Init.html#g_t_002fetc_002finit_002frc_002econf-file">4.1.2 <samp>/etc/init/rc.conf</samp> file</a></li>
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    <li><a id="toc-Changing-Init-Program-1" href="Changing-Init-Program.html#Changing-Init-Program">4.3 Changing Init Program</a>
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      <li><a id="toc-Rebooting-after-changing-Init" href="Changing-Init-Program.html#Rebooting-after-changing-Init">4.3.1 Rebooting after changing Init</a></li>
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  <li><a id="toc-GNU-Free-Documentation-License-1" href="GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html#GNU-Free-Documentation-License">GNU Free Documentation License</a></li>
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