2 How to get GNU Software by Internet FTP or by UUCP. Last updated 1999-01-20
4 * Please send improvements to this file to gnu@gnu.org.
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.
19 A possibly more up-to-date list of GNU FTP sites is at
20 http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
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
30 ALWAYS USE BINARY/IMAGE MODE TO TRANSFER THESE FILES!
31 Text mode does not work for tar files or compressed files.
33 * GNU Software and How To FTP It
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
42 Descriptions of GNU software are available at
43 http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html
45 * Alternative Internet FTP Sources
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.
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.
55 * GNU FTP Site Mirror List
60 California - labrea.stanford.edu/pub/gnu, gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/GNU, ftp.keystealth.org/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 New York - ftp.stealth.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org (Internet address 206.252.192.18)
71 North Carolina - http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/gnu
72 Ohio - ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu/mirror/gnu
73 Pennsylvania - boron.club.cc.cmu.edu/gnu
74 Tennessee - sunsite.utk.edu/pub/gnu/ftp
75 Virginia - ftp.uu.net/archive/systems/gnu
76 Washington - ftp.nodomainname.net/pub/mirrors/gnu
77 Wisconsin - ftp.twtelecom.net/pub/GNU
81 South Africa - ftp.sun.ac.za/gnu
85 Brazil - ftp.unicamp.br/pub/gnu
86 Brazil - master.softaplic.com.br/pub/gnu
87 Brazil - ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/gnu
88 Canada - ftp.cs.ubc.ca/mirror2/gnu
89 Chile - ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/gnu (Internet address 146.83.198.3)
90 Costa Rica - sunsite.ulatina.ac.cr/Mirrors/GNU
91 Mexico - ftp.uaem.mx/pub/gnu
95 Australia - ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au/pub/gnu
96 Australia - mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gnu
100 China - ftp.sea9.com/pub/gnu
101 China - ftp.cs.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/gnu/
102 China - sunsite.ust.hk/pub/gnu/
103 Japan - tron.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pub/GNU/prep
104 Japan - ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp/pub/gnu
105 Japan - mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/GNU/
106 Japan - core.ring.gr.jp/pub/GNU
107 Japan - ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/GNU
108 Korea - cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gnu (Internet address 143.248.186.3)
109 Korea - ftpmirror.hanyang.ac.kr/GNU
110 Saudi Arabia - ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/mirrors/prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu
111 Taiwan - coda.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/gnu
112 Taiwan - ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub3/GNU/gnu/
113 Thailand - ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/gnu (Internet address - 192.150.251.32)
117 Austria - ftp.gnu.vbs.at/gnu
118 Austria - ftp.univie.ac.at/packages/gnu
119 Austria - gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc
120 Belgium - ftp.be.gnu.org
121 Austria - http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc/
122 Czech Republic - ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/gnu/
123 Denmark - ftp.denet.dk/mirror/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu
124 Denmark - ftp.dkuug.dk/pub/gnu/
125 Finland - ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu
126 France - ftp.univ-lyon1.fr/pub/gnu
127 France - ftp.irisa.fr/pub/gnu
128 France - ftp.medasys-digital-systems.fr/pub/gnu
129 France - ftp.fuitad.net/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org
130 Germany - ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/unix/gnu/
131 Germany - ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gnu
132 Germany - ftp.de.uu.net/pub/gnu
133 Germany - ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/
134 Germany - ftp.gigabell.net/pub/gnu
135 Germany - ftp.cs.uni-bonn.de/pub/gnu/
136 Germany - ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.gnu.org
137 Germany - http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.gnu.org
138 Greece - ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/gnu
139 Greece - ftp.ntua.gr/pub/gnu
140 Greece - ftp.duth.gr/pub/gnu
141 Greece - ftp.aua.gr/pub/mirrors/GNU (Internet address 143.233.187.61)
142 Hungary - ftp.kfki.hu/pub/gnu
143 Ireland - ftp.esat.net/pub/gnu (Internet address 193.120.14.241)
144 Israel - iglu.org.il/pub/GNU
145 Italy - ftp.oasi.gpa.it/pub/gnu
146 Netherlands - ftp.eu.net/gnu (Internet address 192.16.202.1)
147 Netherlands - ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu
148 Netherlands - ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/gnu (Internet address 131.155.70.19)
149 Netherlands - ftp.mirror.nl/pub/mirror/gnu
150 Netherlands - ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/gnu
151 Norway - ftp.ntnu.no/pub/gnu (Internet address 129.241.11.142)
152 Norway - sunsite.uio.no/pub/gnu
153 Poland - ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/gnu
154 Poland - sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/gnu
155 Portugal - ftp.ci.uminho.pt/pub/mirrors/gnu
156 Portugal - http://ciumix.ci.uminho.pt/mirrors/gnu/
157 Portugal - ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/gnu
158 Portugal - mirrors.netvisao.pt/gnu
159 Romania - archive.logicnet.ro/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/
160 Russia - ftp.chg.ru/pub/gnu
161 Slovenia - ftp.arnes.si/gnu
162 Spain - ftp.etsimo.uniovi.es/pub/gnu
163 Spain - ftp.rediris.es/pub/gnu
164 Sweden - ftp.isy.liu.se/pub/gnu
165 Sweden - ftp.stacken.kth.se
166 Sweden - ftp.luth.se/pub/unix/gnu
167 Sweden - ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu (Internet address 130.238.127.3)
168 Also mirrors the Mailing List Archives.
169 Sweden - ftp.chl.chalmers.se/pub/gnu/
170 Switzerland - ftp.eunet.ch/mirrors4/gnu
171 Switzerland - sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnu (Internet address 193.5.24.1)
172 Turkey - ftp.baskent.edu.tr/gnu/ftp
173 United Kingdom - ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/gnu (Internet address 130.88.203.12)
174 United Kingdom - ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/
175 United Kingdom - ftp.warwick.ac.uk/pub/gnu (Internet address 137.205.192.13)
176 United Kingdom - SunSITE.doc.ic.ac.uk/gnu (Internet address 193.63.255.4)
178 * How to FTP GNU Emacs
180 Emacs is in the directory /gnu/emacs on ftp.gnu.org. The emacs
181 distribution itself has a filename in the form emacs-M.N.tar.gz, where
182 M and N stand for the version numbers.
184 * Scheme and How to FTP It
186 The latest distribution version of C Scheme is available via anonymous FTP
187 from swiss-ftp.ai.mit.edu in /pub/scheme-X.X/ (where X.X is some version
190 Read the files INSTALL and README in the top level C Scheme directory.
192 * TeX and How to Obtain It
194 We don't distribute TeX now, but it is free software.
196 TeX is a document formatter that is used, among other things, by the FSF
197 for all its documentation. You will need it if you want to make printed
200 TeX is freely redistributable. You can get it by ftp, tape, or CD/ROM.
202 ** For FTP instructions, retrieve the file
203 ftp.cs.umb.edu/pub/tex/unixtex.ftp. (We don't include it here because it
204 changes relatively frequently. Sorry.)
206 ** A minimal TeX collection (enough to process Texinfo files, anyway)
207 is included on the GNU source CD-ROM. See the file ORDERS in this
208 directory for more information.
210 * VMS FTP sites with GNU Software
211 You can anonymously ftp a VMS version of GNU emacs from:
212 - ftp.vms.stacken.kth.se:[.GNU-VMS] - GNU Emacs and some other VMS
213 ports (and some VMS binaries) of GNU software
214 - mango.rsmas.miami.edu has a VMS version of the GCC/G++ compiler.
215 Contact angel@flipper.miami.edu (angel li) for details.
216 - RIGEL.EFD.LTH.SE [130.235.48.3] - GNU Emacs
218 * Getting GNU software in Great Britain
220 jpo@cs.nott.ac.uk is willing to distribute those GNU sources he has
221 available. The smaller items are available from the info-server (send
222 to info-server@cs.nott.ac.uk); the larger items by negotiation. Due to
223 communication costs this service is only available within the UK.
225 BattenIG@computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk (aka
226 I.G.Batten@fulcrum.bt.co.uk) is also willing to distribute those GNU
229 wizards@doc.ic.ac.uk is willing to distribute those GNU sources they have
230 along with most other freely distributable software. The SunSITE archive
231 on SunSITE.doc.ic.ac.uk (193.63.255.4) is available via ftp, http, fsp,
232 gopher, NFS and Lanmanger over IP (SMB), and telnet.
234 UK sites with just anonymous FTP access are in the above list.
236 * Getting GNU software via UUCP
238 OSU is distributing via UUCP: most GNU software, MIT C Scheme,
239 Compress, News, RN, NNTP, Patch, some Appletalk stuff, some of the
240 Internet Requests For Comment (RFC) et al.. See their periodic
241 postings on the Usenet newsgroup comp.sources.d for informational
242 updates. Current details from <staff@cis.ohio-state.edu> or
245 Information on how to uucp some GNU programs is available via
246 electronic mail from: uunet!hutch!barber, hqda-ai!merlin, acornrc!bob,
247 hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny, ncar!noao!asuvax!hrc!dan,
248 bigtex!james (aka james@bigtex.cactus.org), oli-stl!root,
249 src@contrib.de (Germany), toku@dit.co.jp (Japan) and info@ftp.uu.net.
251 * If You Like The Software
253 If you like the software developed and distributed by the Free
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258 programs. For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us
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261 Ordering a GNU Source Code CD-ROM or Source Code CD-ROM Subscription
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