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2 | How to get GNU Software by Internet FTP or by UUCP. Last updated 1999-01-20 | |
3 | ||
4 | * Please send improvements to this file to gnu@gnu.org. | |
5 | ||
6 | * No Warranties | |
7 | ||
8 | We distribute software in the hope that it will be useful, but without | |
9 | any warranty. No author or distributor of this software accepts | |
10 | responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it or for | |
11 | whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all, unless he | |
12 | says so in writing. This is exactly the same warranty that the commercial | |
13 | software companies offer: None. If the distribution is incomplete or the | |
14 | media fails, you can always download a replacement from any of the GNU | |
15 | mirrors, free of charge. | |
16 | ||
17 | * Updates | |
18 | ||
19 | A possibly more up-to-date list of GNU FTP sites is at | |
20 | http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html | |
21 | ||
22 | * How to FTP | |
23 | ||
24 | Use the ftp program on your system (ask locally if you can't find it) | |
25 | to connect to the host you are ftping from. Unless indicated | |
26 | otherwise, login in as user "anonymous", with password: "your e-mail | |
27 | address" and set "binary" mode (to transfer all eight bits in each | |
28 | byte). | |
29 | ||
30 | ALWAYS USE BINARY/IMAGE MODE TO TRANSFER THESE FILES! | |
31 | Text mode does not work for tar files or compressed files. | |
32 | ||
33 | * GNU Software and How To FTP It | |
34 | ||
35 | GNU software is available on ftp.gnu.org under the directory /gnu. | |
36 | diff files to convert between versions exist for some of these | |
37 | programs. Some programs have misc support files as well. Have a look | |
38 | on ftp.gnu.org to see which ones. In most cases, the tar or diff | |
39 | files are compressed with the `gzip' program; this is indicated with | |
40 | the .gz suffix. | |
41 | ||
42 | Descriptions of GNU software are available at | |
43 | http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html | |
44 | ||
45 | * Alternative Internet FTP Sources | |
46 | ||
47 | Please do NOT use a site outside your country, until you have checked | |
48 | all sites inside your country, and then your continent. Trans-ocean | |
49 | TCP/IP links are very expensive and usually very low speed. | |
50 | ||
51 | The canonical GNU ftp site is located at ftp.gnu.org/gnu. | |
52 | You should probably use one of the many mirrors of that site - the | |
53 | mirrors will be less busy, and you can find one closer to your site. | |
54 | ||
55 | * GNU FTP Site Mirror List | |
56 | ||
57 | United States: | |
58 | ||
59 | ||
60 | California - labrea.stanford.edu/pub/gnu, gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/GNU | |
61 | Hawaii - ftp.hawaii.edu/mirrors/gnu | |
62 | Illinois - uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/gnu (Internet address 128.174.5.14) | |
63 | Kentucky - ftp.ms.uky.edu/pub/gnu | |
64 | Maryland - ftp.digex.net/pub/gnu (Internet address 164.109.10.23) | |
65 | Massachusetts - aeneas.mit.edu/pub/gnu | |
66 | Michigan - gnu.egr.msu.edu/pub/gnu | |
67 | Missouri - wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/gnu | |
68 | New Mexico - ftp.cs.unm.edu/mirrors/gnu | |
69 | New York - ftp.cs.columbia.edu/archives/gnu/prep | |
70 | Ohio - ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu/mirror/gnu | |
71 | Tennessee - ftp.skyfire.net/pub/gnu | |
72 | Virginia - ftp.uu.net/archive/systems/gnu | |
73 | Washington - ftp.nodomainname.net/pub/mirrors/gnu | |
74 | ||
75 | Africa: | |
76 | ||
77 | South Africa - ftp.sun.ac.za/gnu | |
78 | ||
79 | The Americas: | |
80 | ||
81 | Brazil - ftp.unicamp.br/pub/gnu | |
82 | Brazil - master.softaplic.com.br/pub/gnu | |
83 | Brazil - linuxlabs.lci.ufrj.br/gnu | |
84 | Canada - ftp.cs.ubc.ca/mirror2/gnu | |
85 | Chile - ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/gnu (Internet address 146.83.198.3) | |
86 | Costa Rica - sunsite.ulatina.ac.cr/GNU | |
87 | Mexico - ftp.uaem.mx/pub/gnu | |
88 | ||
89 | Australia: | |
90 | ||
91 | Australia - archie.au/gnu (archie.oz or archie.oz.au for ACSnet) | |
92 | Australia - ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au/pub/gnu | |
93 | Australia - mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gnu | |
94 | ||
95 | Asia: | |
96 | ||
97 | Japan - tron.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pub/GNU/prep | |
98 | Japan - ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp/pub/gnu | |
99 | Korea - cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gnu (Internet address 143.248.186.3) | |
100 | Saudi Arabia - ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/mirrors/prep.ai.mit.edu/ | |
101 | Taiwan - ftp.edu.tw/UNIX/gnu/ | |
102 | Taiwan - ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/gnu/ | |
103 | Taiwan - ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub3/GNU/gnu/ | |
104 | Thailand - ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/gnu (Internet address - 192.150.251.32) | |
105 | ||
106 | Europe: | |
107 | ||
108 | Austria - ftp.univie.ac.at/packages/gnu | |
109 | Austria - gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc | |
110 | Belgium - ftp.be.gnu.org/ | |
111 | Austria - http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc/ | |
112 | Czech Republic - ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/gnu/ | |
113 | Denmark - ftp.denet.dk/mirror/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu | |
114 | Denmark - ftp.dkuug.dk/pub/gnu/ | |
115 | Finland - ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu | |
116 | France - ftp.univ-lyon1.fr/pub/gnu | |
117 | France - ftp.irisa.fr/pub/gnu | |
118 | Germany - ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/comp/os/unix/gnu/ | |
119 | Germany - ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gnu | |
120 | Germany - ftp.de.uu.net/pub/gnu | |
121 | Greece - ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/gnu | |
122 | Greece - ftp.ntua.gr/pub/gnu | |
123 | Greece - ftp.aua.gr/pub/mirrors/GNU (Internet address 143.233.187.61) | |
124 | Hungary - ftp.kfki.hu/pub/gnu | |
125 | Ireland - ftp.esat.net/pub/gnu (Internet address 193.120.14.241) | |
126 | Italy - ftp.oasi.gpa.it/pub/gnu | |
127 | Netherlands - ftp.eu.net/gnu (Internet address 192.16.202.1) | |
128 | Netherlands - ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu | |
129 | Netherlands - ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/gnu (Internet address 131.155.70.19) | |
130 | Norway - ftp.ntnu.no/pub/gnu (Internet address 129.241.11.142) | |
131 | Poland - ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/gnu | |
132 | Portugal - ftp.ci.uminho.pt/pub/mirrors/gnu | |
133 | Portugal - http://ciumix.ci.uminho.pt/mirrors/gnu/ | |
134 | Portugal - ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/gnu | |
135 | Russia - ftp.chg.ru/pub/gnu/ | |
136 | Slovenia - ftp.arnes.si/pub/software/gnu | |
137 | Spain - ftp.etsimo.uniovi.es/pub/gnu | |
138 | Sweden - ftp.isy.liu.se/pub/gnu | |
139 | Sweden - ftp.stacken.kth.se | |
140 | Sweden - ftp.luth.se/pub/unix/gnu | |
141 | Sweden - ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu (Internet address 130.238.127.3) | |
142 | Also mirrors the Mailing List Archives. | |
143 | Sweden - swamp.ios.chalmers.se/pub/gnu/ | |
144 | Switzerland - ftp.eunet.ch/mirrors4/gnu | |
145 | Switzerland - sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnu (Internet address 193.5.24.1) | |
146 | United Kingdom - ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/gnu (Internet address 130.88.203.12) | |
147 | United Kingdom - unix.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/gnu | |
148 | United Kingdom - ftp.warwick.ac.uk (Internet address 137.205.192.14) | |
149 | United Kingdom - SunSITE.doc.ic.ac.uk/gnu (Internet address 193.63.255.4) | |
150 | ||
151 | * How to FTP GNU Emacs | |
152 | ||
153 | Emacs is in the directory /gnu/emacs on ftp.gnu.org. The emacs | |
154 | distribution itself has a filename in the form emacs-M.N.tar.gz, where | |
155 | M and N stand for the version numbers; the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual | |
156 | is in a separate file, named elisp-manual-NN.tar.gz. | |
157 | ||
158 | * Scheme and How to FTP It | |
159 | ||
160 | The latest distribution version of C Scheme is available via anonymous FTP | |
161 | from swiss-ftp.ai.mit.edu in /pub/scheme-X.X/ (where X.X is some version | |
162 | number). | |
163 | ||
164 | Read the files INSTALL and README in the top level C Scheme directory. | |
165 | ||
166 | * TeX and How to Obtain It | |
167 | ||
168 | We don't distribute TeX now, but it is free software. | |
169 | ||
170 | TeX is a document formatter that is used, among other things, by the FSF | |
171 | for all its documentation. You will need it if you want to make printed | |
172 | manuals. | |
173 | ||
174 | TeX is freely redistributable. You can get it by ftp, tape, or CD/ROM. | |
175 | ||
176 | ** For FTP instructions, retrieve the file | |
177 | ftp.cs.umb.edu/pub/tex/unixtex.ftp. (We don't include it here because it | |
178 | changes relatively frequently. Sorry.) | |
179 | ||
180 | ** A minimal TeX collection (enough to process Texinfo files, anyway) | |
181 | is included on the GNU source CD-ROM. See the file ORDERS in this | |
182 | directory for more information. | |
183 | ||
184 | * VMS FTP sites with GNU Software | |
185 | You can anonymously ftp a VMS version of GNU emacs from: | |
186 | - ftp.vms.stacken.kth.se:[.GNU-VMS] - GNU Emacs and some other VMS | |
187 | ports (and some VMS binaries) of GNU software | |
188 | - mango.rsmas.miami.edu has a VMS version of the GCC/G++ compiler. | |
189 | Contact angel@flipper.miami.edu (angel li) for details. | |
190 | - RIGEL.EFD.LTH.SE [130.235.48.3] - GNU Emacs | |
191 | ||
192 | * Getting GNU software in Great Britain | |
193 | ||
194 | jpo@cs.nott.ac.uk is willing to distribute those GNU sources he has | |
195 | available. The smaller items are available from the info-server (send | |
196 | to info-server@cs.nott.ac.uk); the larger items by negotiation. Due to | |
197 | communication costs this service is only available within the UK. | |
198 | ||
199 | BattenIG@computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk (aka | |
200 | I.G.Batten@fulcrum.bt.co.uk) is also willing to distribute those GNU | |
201 | sources he has. | |
202 | ||
203 | wizards@doc.ic.ac.uk is willing to distribute those GNU sources they have | |
204 | along with most other freely distributable software. The SunSITE archive | |
205 | on SunSITE.doc.ic.ac.uk (193.63.255.4) is available via ftp, http, fsp, | |
206 | gopher, NFS and Lanmanger over IP (SMB), and telnet. | |
207 | ||
208 | UK sites with just anonymous FTP access are in the above list. | |
209 | ||
210 | * Getting GNU software via UUCP | |
211 | ||
212 | OSU is distributing via UUCP: most GNU software, MIT C Scheme, | |
213 | Compress, News, RN, NNTP, Patch, some Appletalk stuff, some of the | |
214 | Internet Requests For Comment (RFC) et al.. See their periodic | |
215 | postings on the Usenet newsgroup comp.sources.d for informational | |
216 | updates. Current details from <staff@cis.ohio-state.edu> or | |
217 | <...!osu-cis!staff>. | |
218 | ||
219 | Information on how to uucp some GNU programs is available via | |
220 | electronic mail from: uunet!hutch!barber, hqda-ai!merlin, acornrc!bob, | |
221 | hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny, ncar!noao!asuvax!hrc!dan, | |
222 | bigtex!james (aka james@bigtex.cactus.org), oli-stl!root, | |
223 | src@contrib.de (Germany), toku@dit.co.jp (Japan) and info@ftp.uu.net. | |
224 | ||
225 | * If You Like The Software | |
226 | ||
227 | If you like the software developed and distributed by the Free | |
228 | Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation. | |
229 | Your donations will help to support the Foundation and make our future | |
230 | efforts successful, including a complete development and operating | |
231 | system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Unix), which will run Unix user | |
232 | programs. For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us | |
233 | at the above address, or see our web site at http://www.gnu.org. | |
234 | ||
235 | Ordering a GNU Source Code CD-ROM or Source Code CD-ROM Subscription | |
236 | is a good way for your organization to help support our work. |