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2How 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
8We distribute software in the hope that it will be useful, but without
9any warranty. No author or distributor of this software accepts
10responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it or for
11whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all, unless he
12says so in writing. This is exactly the same warranty that the commercial
13software companies offer: None. If the distribution is incomplete or the
14media fails, you can always download a replacement from any of the GNU
15mirrors, free of charge.
16
17* Updates
18
19A 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
24Use the ftp program on your system (ask locally if you can't find it)
25to connect to the host you are ftping from. Unless indicated
26otherwise, login in as user "anonymous", with password: "your e-mail
27address" and set "binary" mode (to transfer all eight bits in each
28byte).
29
30ALWAYS USE BINARY/IMAGE MODE TO TRANSFER THESE FILES!
31Text mode does not work for tar files or compressed files.
32
33* GNU Software and How To FTP It
34
35GNU software is available on ftp.gnu.org under the directory /gnu.
36diff files to convert between versions exist for some of these
37programs. Some programs have misc support files as well. Have a look
38on ftp.gnu.org to see which ones. In most cases, the tar or diff
39files are compressed with the `gzip' program; this is indicated with
40the .gz suffix.
41
42Descriptions of GNU software are available at
43 http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html
44
45* Alternative Internet FTP Sources
46
47Please do NOT use a site outside your country, until you have checked
48all sites inside your country, and then your continent. Trans-ocean
49TCP/IP links are very expensive and usually very low speed.
50
51The canonical GNU ftp site is located at ftp.gnu.org/gnu.
52You should probably use one of the many mirrors of that site - the
53mirrors will be less busy, and you can find one closer to your site.
54
55* GNU FTP Site Mirror List
56
57United States:
58
59
60California - labrea.stanford.edu/pub/gnu, gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/GNU, ftp.keystealth.org/pub/gnu
61Hawaii - ftp.hawaii.edu/mirrors/gnu
62Illinois - uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/gnu (Internet address 128.174.5.14)
63Kentucky - ftp.ms.uky.edu/pub/gnu
64Maryland - ftp.digex.net/pub/gnu (Internet address 164.109.10.23)
65Massachusetts - aeneas.mit.edu/pub/gnu
66Michigan - gnu.egr.msu.edu/pub/gnu
67Missouri - wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/gnu
68New Mexico - ftp.cs.unm.edu/mirrors/gnu
69New York - ftp.cs.columbia.edu/archives/gnu/prep
70New York - ftp.stealth.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org (Internet address 206.252.192.18)
71North Carolina - http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/gnu
72Ohio - ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu/mirror/gnu
73Pennsylvania - boron.club.cc.cmu.edu/gnu
74Tennessee - sunsite.utk.edu/pub/gnu/ftp
75Virginia - ftp.uu.net/archive/systems/gnu
76Washington - ftp.nodomainname.net/pub/mirrors/gnu
77Wisconsin - ftp.twtelecom.net/pub/GNU
78
79Africa:
80
81South Africa - ftp.sun.ac.za/gnu
82
83The Americas:
84
85Brazil - ftp.unicamp.br/pub/gnu
86Brazil - master.softaplic.com.br/pub/gnu
87Brazil - ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/gnu
88Canada - ftp.cs.ubc.ca/mirror2/gnu
89Chile - ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/gnu (Internet address 146.83.198.3)
90Costa Rica - sunsite.ulatina.ac.cr/Mirrors/GNU
91Mexico - ftp.uaem.mx/pub/gnu
92
93Australia:
94
95Australia - ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au/pub/gnu
96Australia - mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gnu
97
98Asia:
99
100China - ftp.sea9.com/pub/gnu
101China - ftp.cs.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/gnu/
102China - sunsite.ust.hk/pub/gnu/
103Japan - tron.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pub/GNU/prep
104Japan - ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp/pub/gnu
105Japan - mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/GNU/
106Japan - core.ring.gr.jp/pub/GNU
107Japan - ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/GNU
108Korea - cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gnu (Internet address 143.248.186.3)
109Korea - ftpmirror.hanyang.ac.kr/GNU
110Saudi Arabia - ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/mirrors/prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu
111Taiwan - coda.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/gnu
112Taiwan - ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub3/GNU/gnu/
113Thailand - ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/gnu (Internet address - 192.150.251.32)
114
115Europe:
116
117Austria - ftp.gnu.vbs.at/gnu
118Austria - ftp.univie.ac.at/packages/gnu
119Austria - gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc
120Belgium - ftp.be.gnu.org
121Austria - http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc/
122Czech Republic - ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/gnu/
123Denmark - ftp.denet.dk/mirror/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu
124Denmark - ftp.dkuug.dk/pub/gnu/
125Finland - ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu
126France - ftp.univ-lyon1.fr/pub/gnu
127France - ftp.irisa.fr/pub/gnu
128France - ftp.medasys-digital-systems.fr/pub/gnu
129France - ftp.fuitad.net/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org
130Germany - ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/unix/gnu/
131Germany - ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gnu
132Germany - ftp.de.uu.net/pub/gnu
133Germany - ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/
134Germany - ftp.gigabell.net/pub/gnu
135Germany - ftp.cs.uni-bonn.de/pub/gnu/
136Germany - ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.gnu.org
137Germany - http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.gnu.org
138Greece - ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/gnu
139Greece - ftp.ntua.gr/pub/gnu
140Greece - ftp.duth.gr/pub/gnu
141Greece - ftp.aua.gr/pub/mirrors/GNU (Internet address 143.233.187.61)
142Hungary - ftp.kfki.hu/pub/gnu
143Ireland - ftp.esat.net/pub/gnu (Internet address 193.120.14.241)
144Israel - iglu.org.il/pub/GNU
145Italy - ftp.oasi.gpa.it/pub/gnu
146Netherlands - ftp.eu.net/gnu (Internet address 192.16.202.1)
147Netherlands - ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu
148Netherlands - ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/gnu (Internet address 131.155.70.19)
149Netherlands - ftp.mirror.nl/pub/mirror/gnu
150Netherlands - ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/gnu
151Norway - ftp.ntnu.no/pub/gnu (Internet address 129.241.11.142)
152Norway - sunsite.uio.no/pub/gnu
153Poland - ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/gnu
154Poland - sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/gnu
155Portugal - ftp.ci.uminho.pt/pub/mirrors/gnu
156Portugal - http://ciumix.ci.uminho.pt/mirrors/gnu/
157Portugal - ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/gnu
158Portugal - mirrors.netvisao.pt/gnu
159Romania - archive.logicnet.ro/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/
160Russia - ftp.chg.ru/pub/gnu
161Slovenia - ftp.arnes.si/gnu
162Spain - ftp.etsimo.uniovi.es/pub/gnu
163Spain - ftp.rediris.es/pub/gnu
164Sweden - ftp.isy.liu.se/pub/gnu
165Sweden - ftp.stacken.kth.se
166Sweden - ftp.luth.se/pub/unix/gnu
167Sweden - ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu (Internet address 130.238.127.3)
168 Also mirrors the Mailing List Archives.
169Sweden - ftp.chl.chalmers.se/pub/gnu/
170Switzerland - ftp.eunet.ch/mirrors4/gnu
171Switzerland - sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnu (Internet address 193.5.24.1)
172Turkey - ftp.baskent.edu.tr/gnu/ftp
173United Kingdom - ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/gnu (Internet address 130.88.203.12)
174United Kingdom - ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/
175United Kingdom - ftp.warwick.ac.uk/pub/gnu (Internet address 137.205.192.13)
176United Kingdom - SunSITE.doc.ic.ac.uk/gnu (Internet address 193.63.255.4)
177
178* How to FTP GNU Emacs
179
180Emacs is in the directory /gnu/emacs on ftp.gnu.org. The emacs
181distribution itself has a filename in the form emacs-M.N.tar.gz, where
182M and N stand for the version numbers; the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
183is in a separate file, named elisp-manual-NN.tar.gz.
184
185* Scheme and How to FTP It
186
187The latest distribution version of C Scheme is available via anonymous FTP
188from swiss-ftp.ai.mit.edu in /pub/scheme-X.X/ (where X.X is some version
189number).
190
191Read the files INSTALL and README in the top level C Scheme directory.
192
193* TeX and How to Obtain It
194
195We don't distribute TeX now, but it is free software.
196
197TeX is a document formatter that is used, among other things, by the FSF
198for all its documentation. You will need it if you want to make printed
199manuals.
200
201TeX is freely redistributable. You can get it by ftp, tape, or CD/ROM.
202
203** For FTP instructions, retrieve the file
204ftp.cs.umb.edu/pub/tex/unixtex.ftp. (We don't include it here because it
205changes relatively frequently. Sorry.)
206
207** A minimal TeX collection (enough to process Texinfo files, anyway)
208is included on the GNU source CD-ROM. See the file ORDERS in this
209directory for more information.
210
211* VMS FTP sites with GNU Software
212You can anonymously ftp a VMS version of GNU emacs from:
213 - ftp.vms.stacken.kth.se:[.GNU-VMS] - GNU Emacs and some other VMS
214ports (and some VMS binaries) of GNU software
215 - mango.rsmas.miami.edu has a VMS version of the GCC/G++ compiler.
216Contact angel@flipper.miami.edu (angel li) for details.
217 - RIGEL.EFD.LTH.SE [130.235.48.3] - GNU Emacs
218
219* Getting GNU software in Great Britain
220
221jpo@cs.nott.ac.uk is willing to distribute those GNU sources he has
222available. The smaller items are available from the info-server (send
223to info-server@cs.nott.ac.uk); the larger items by negotiation. Due to
224communication costs this service is only available within the UK.
225
226BattenIG@computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk (aka
227I.G.Batten@fulcrum.bt.co.uk) is also willing to distribute those GNU
228sources he has.
229
230wizards@doc.ic.ac.uk is willing to distribute those GNU sources they have
231along with most other freely distributable software. The SunSITE archive
232on SunSITE.doc.ic.ac.uk (193.63.255.4) is available via ftp, http, fsp,
233gopher, NFS and Lanmanger over IP (SMB), and telnet.
234
235UK sites with just anonymous FTP access are in the above list.
236
237* Getting GNU software via UUCP
238
239OSU is distributing via UUCP: most GNU software, MIT C Scheme,
240Compress, News, RN, NNTP, Patch, some Appletalk stuff, some of the
241Internet Requests For Comment (RFC) et al.. See their periodic
242postings on the Usenet newsgroup comp.sources.d for informational
243updates. Current details from <staff@cis.ohio-state.edu> or
244<...!osu-cis!staff>.
245
246Information on how to uucp some GNU programs is available via
247electronic mail from: uunet!hutch!barber, hqda-ai!merlin, acornrc!bob,
248hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny, ncar!noao!asuvax!hrc!dan,
249bigtex!james (aka james@bigtex.cactus.org), oli-stl!root,
250src@contrib.de (Germany), toku@dit.co.jp (Japan) and info@ftp.uu.net.
251
252* If You Like The Software
253
254If you like the software developed and distributed by the Free
255Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation.
256Your donations will help to support the Foundation and make our future
257efforts successful, including a complete development and operating
258system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Unix), which will run Unix user
259programs. For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us
260at the above address, or see our web site at http://www.gnu.org.
261
262Ordering a GNU Source Code CD-ROM or Source Code CD-ROM Subscription
263is a good way for your organization to help support our work.