| 1 | -*- text -*- |
| 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 proprietary |
| 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 | You can always find the most recent version of this list of GNU FTP sites 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. Binaries for gzip can be downloaded from |
| 41 | http://www.gzip.org. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | Descriptions of GNU software are available at |
| 44 | http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html |
| 45 | and in the Free Software Directory at |
| 46 | http://www.gnu.org/directory/index.html |
| 47 | |
| 48 | * Alternative Internet FTP Sources |
| 49 | |
| 50 | The canonical GNU ftp site is located at ftp.gnu.org/gnu. |
| 51 | You should probably use one of the many mirrors of that site - the |
| 52 | mirrors will be less busy, and you can find one closer to your site. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | * GNU FTP Site Mirror List |
| 55 | |
| 56 | United States: |
| 57 | |
| 58 | |
| 59 | California - mirrors.kernel.org/gnu, http://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu |
| 60 | California - gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/GNU/ |
| 61 | California - ftp.keystealth.org/pub/gnu/ |
| 62 | Illinois - uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/ftp/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ |
| 63 | Indiana - ftp.in-span.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/ |
| 64 | Kentucky - gnu.ms.uky.edu/pub/mirrors/gnu/ |
| 65 | Maryland - ftp.digex.net/pub/gnu/ |
| 66 | Massachusetts - aeneas.mit.edu/pub/gnu/ |
| 67 | Michigan - ftp.egr.msu.edu/pub/gnu/, http://ftp.egr.msu.edu/pub/gnu/ |
| 68 | Michigan - ftp.wayne.edu/gnu_mirror/ |
| 69 | Missouri - wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/gnu/ |
| 70 | New Jersey - gnu.teleglobe.net/ftp.gnu.org/ |
| 71 | New York - ftp.cs.columbia.edu/archives/gnu/prep/ |
| 72 | New York - ftp.ece.cornell.edu/pub/mirrors/gnu/ |
| 73 | North Carolina - http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/gnu/ |
| 74 | Ohio - ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu/mirror/gnu/ |
| 75 | Pennsylvania - boron.club.cc.cmu.edu/gnu/ |
| 76 | Tennessee - sunsite.utk.edu/pub/gnu/ftp/, thales.memphis.edu/pub/gnu/ |
| 77 | Washington - ftp.nodomainname.net/pub/mirrors/gnu/, gnu.wwc.edu/ |
| 78 | Wisconsin - ftp.twtelecom.net/pub/GNU/ |
| 79 | |
| 80 | Africa: |
| 81 | |
| 82 | South Africa - ftp.sun.ac.za/mirrorsites/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu |
| 83 | |
| 84 | The Americas: |
| 85 | |
| 86 | Brazil - ftp.unicamp.br/pub/gnu/ |
| 87 | Brazil - master.softaplic.com.br/pub/gnu/ |
| 88 | Brazil - ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/gnu/ |
| 89 | Canada - ftp.cs.ubc.ca/mirror2/gnu/ |
| 90 | Chile - ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/gnu/ |
| 91 | Costa Rica - sunsite.ulatina.ac.cr/Mirrors/GNU/ |
| 92 | Mexico - www.gnu.unam.mx/pub/gnu/software/ |
| 93 | Mexico - gnu.cem.itesm.mx/pub/mirrors/gnu.org/ |
| 94 | Mexico - ftp.azc.uam.mx/mirrors/gnu/ |
| 95 | |
| 96 | Australia: |
| 97 | |
| 98 | Australia - mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gnu/ |
| 99 | Australia - gnu.mirror.pacific.net.au/gnu/ |
| 100 | |
| 101 | Asia: |
| 102 | |
| 103 | China - ftp.sea9.com/pub/gnu/ |
| 104 | China - ftp.cs.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/gnu/gnu/ |
| 105 | China - sunsite.ust.hk/pub/gnu/ |
| 106 | China - ftp.shellhung.org/pub/gnu/ |
| 107 | India - ftp.kernel.org.in/gnu.org/ |
| 108 | India - http://kernel.org.in/mirrors/gnu.org/ |
| 109 | India - www.imtech.res.in/mirror/gnuftp/ |
| 110 | Indonesia - sapi.vlsm.org/gnu |
| 111 | Indonesia - http://sapi.vlsm.org/gnu/ |
| 112 | Israel - ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/mirror/GNU |
| 113 | Japan - tron.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pub/GNU/prep/ |
| 114 | Japan - core.ring.gr.jp/pub/GNU/ |
| 115 | Japan - ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/GNU/ |
| 116 | Japan - mirrors.hbi.co.jp/gnu/ |
| 117 | Japan - ftp.ayamura.org/pub/gnu/ |
| 118 | Korea - cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gnu/ (Internet address 143.248.186.3) |
| 119 | Korea - ftpmirror.hanyang.ac.kr/GNU/ |
| 120 | Korea - ftp.linux.sarang.net/mirror/gnu/gnu/ (also mirrors alpha.gnu.org/gnu/ at ../alpha/) |
| 121 | Korea - ftp.xgate.co.kr/pub/mirror/gnu/ |
| 122 | Saudi Arabia - ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/gnu/ |
| 123 | Taiwan - ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/gnu/, coda.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/gnu/ |
| 124 | Taiwan - ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub3/GNU/gnu/ |
| 125 | Thailand - ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/gnu/ |
| 126 | |
| 127 | Europe: |
| 128 | |
| 129 | Austria - ftp.gnu.vbs.at/ |
| 130 | Austria - ftp.univie.ac.at/packages/gnu/ |
| 131 | Austria - gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc/ |
| 132 | Austria - http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc/ |
| 133 | Czech Republic - ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/gnu/ |
| 134 | Denmark - ftp.denet.dk/mirror/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu |
| 135 | Denmark - ftp.dkuug.dk/pub/gnu/ |
| 136 | Denmark - sunsite.dk/mirrors/gnu, http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/gnu |
| 137 | Finland - ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu/prep/ |
| 138 | France - ftp.irisa.fr/pub/gnu/ |
| 139 | France - ftp.medasys-digital-systems.fr/pub/gnu/ |
| 140 | France - ftp.cs.univ-paris8.fr/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/ |
| 141 | Germany - ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/gnu/ |
| 142 | Germany - ftp.fh-worms.de/pub/mirror/ftp.gnu.org/ |
| 143 | Germany - ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/unix/gnu/ |
| 144 | Germany - ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gnu/ |
| 145 | Germany - ftp.de.uu.net/pub/gnu/ |
| 146 | Germany - ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ |
| 147 | Germany - ftp.cs.uni-bonn.de/pub/gnu/ |
| 148 | Germany - ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/ |
| 149 | Germany - http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/ |
| 150 | Germany - ftp.stw-bonn.de/pub/mirror/ftp.gnu.org/ |
| 151 | Greece - ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/gnu/ |
| 152 | Greece - ftp.ntua.gr/pub/gnu/ |
| 153 | Greece - ftp.duth.gr/pub/gnu/ |
| 154 | Greece - ftp.physics.auth.gr/pub/gnu/ |
| 155 | Ireland - ftp.esat.net/pub/gnu/ (Internet address 193.120.14.241) |
| 156 | Italy - ftp.oasi.gpa.it/pub/gnu/ |
| 157 | Italy - ftp.lugroma2.org/pub/gnu/ |
| 158 | Netherlands - ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/ |
| 159 | Netherlands - ftp.mirror.nl/pub/mirror/gnu/ |
| 160 | Netherlands - ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/gnu/ |
| 161 | Netherlands - mirror.widexs.nl/pub/gnu/ |
| 162 | Norway - ftp.gnu.no/ |
| 163 | Poland - sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/gnu/ |
| 164 | Portugal - ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/GNU/gnu/ |
| 165 | Romania - ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu |
| 166 | Russia - ftp.chg.ru/pub/gnu/ |
| 167 | Slovenia - ftp.arnes.si/software/gnu/ |
| 168 | Spain - ftp.etsimo.uniovi.es/pub/gnu/ |
| 169 | Spain - ftp.rediris.es/pub/gnu/ |
| 170 | Sweden - ftp.isy.liu.se/pub/gnu/ |
| 171 | Sweden - ftp.stacken.kth.se/pub/gnu/ |
| 172 | Sweden - ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu/; also mirrors /non-gnu |
| 173 | Sweden - ftp.chl.chalmers.se/pub/gnu/ |
| 174 | Switzerland - sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnu/ |
| 175 | Ukraine - mirddin.farlep.net/pub/GNU/ |
| 176 | United Kingdom - ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/gnu/ |
| 177 | United Kingdom - ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ |
| 178 | United Kingdom - ftp.warwick.ac.uk/pub/gnu/ (Internet address 137.205.192.13) |
| 179 | United Kingdom - ftp.hands.com/ftp.gnu.org/ |
| 180 | United Kingdom - gnu.teleglobe.net/ftp.gnu.org/ |
| 181 | |
| 182 | * How to FTP GNU Emacs |
| 183 | |
| 184 | Emacs is in the directory /gnu/emacs on ftp.gnu.org. The emacs |
| 185 | distribution itself has a filename in the form emacs-M.N.tar.gz, where |
| 186 | M and N stand for the version numbers; the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual |
| 187 | is in a separate file, named elisp-manual-NN.tar.gz. |
| 188 | |
| 189 | * Scheme and How to FTP It |
| 190 | |
| 191 | The latest distribution version of C Scheme is available via anonymous FTP |
| 192 | from swiss-ftp.ai.mit.edu in /pub/scheme-X.X/ (where X.X is some version |
| 193 | number). |
| 194 | |
| 195 | Read the files INSTALL and README in the top level C Scheme directory. |
| 196 | |
| 197 | * TeX and How to Obtain It |
| 198 | |
| 199 | We don't distribute TeX now, but it is free software. |
| 200 | |
| 201 | TeX is a document formatter that is used, among other things, by the FSF |
| 202 | for all its documentation. You will need it if you want to make printed |
| 203 | manuals. |
| 204 | |
| 205 | TeX is freely redistributable. You can get it by ftp, tape, or CD/ROM. |
| 206 | |
| 207 | ** For FTP instructions, retrieve the file |
| 208 | ftp.cs.umb.edu/pub/tex/unixtex.ftp. (We don't include it here because it |
| 209 | changes relatively frequently. Sorry.) |
| 210 | |
| 211 | ** A minimal TeX collection (enough to process Texinfo files, anyway) |
| 212 | is included on the GNU source CD-ROM. See the file ORDERS in this |
| 213 | directory for more information. |
| 214 | |
| 215 | * GNU Software for VMS |
| 216 | |
| 217 | - http://www.lp.se/gnu-vms/- lots of GNU ports to VMS, |
| 218 | including Emacs 19, GCC, Bison, Make, RCS. |
| 219 | |
| 220 | * If You Like The Software |
| 221 | |
| 222 | If you like the software developed and distributed by the Free |
| 223 | Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation. |
| 224 | Your donations will help to support the Foundation and make our future |
| 225 | efforts successful. The Foundation continues to improve GNU programs |
| 226 | and encourage the writing of new free software to enhance GNU/Linux |
| 227 | and GNU/Hurd systems. For more information on GNU and the Foundation, |
| 228 | see our web site at http://www.gnu.org. |
| 229 | |
| 230 | Ordering a GNU Source Code CD-ROM or Source Code CD-ROM Subscription |
| 231 | is a good way for your organization to help support our work. You can |
| 232 | also purchase printed manuals, reference cards, t-shirts, and other |
| 233 | items. See our online ordering form at http://order.fsf.org for |
| 234 | details. |