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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 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.