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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.