Welcome to the LSB

Building a Portable Application for Linux

The Linux Developer Network (LDN) is the online community for Linux application developers and independent software vendors who want to start or continue their journey developing applications for the Linux platform. The core component of that journey is the tools and information found within the Linux Standard Base (LSB).

There are four essential steps to making applications as portable as possible.

Learn About Portability, and what it really means for the application developer.

Check Your App to learn just where your application stands as a portable app. Does it need a lot of work, or just a little tweaking? Here you will find the tools and guidelines to discover the portability of your application.

Make Your App Portable and start taking the steps to maximize its portability. Find out how in this section.

Moving Forward with the LSB will demonstrate the next step: what to do after your application is as portable as you wish. There's a lot of paths to take to get your application to the widest user base, and this section will show you how!