# HG changeset patch # User Dave Love # Date 974744057 0 # Node ID 12804af3c31570156153b3ad84f6f6ed9bb88f42 # Parent 3edf8d6b8846f9834401afbee87b38f8d7894843 Replaces GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE. diff -r 3edf8d6b8846 -r 12804af3c315 FTP --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/FTP Mon Nov 20 18:14:17 2000 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,263 @@ + -*- text -*- +How to get GNU Software by Internet FTP or by UUCP. Last updated 1999-01-20 + +* Please send improvements to this file to gnu@gnu.org. + +* No Warranties + +We distribute software in the hope that it will be useful, but without +any warranty. No author or distributor of this software accepts +responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it or for +whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all, unless he +says so in writing. This is exactly the same warranty that the commercial +software companies offer: None. If the distribution is incomplete or the +media fails, you can always download a replacement from any of the GNU +mirrors, free of charge. + +* Updates + +A possibly more up-to-date list of GNU FTP sites is at + http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html + +* How to FTP + +Use the ftp program on your system (ask locally if you can't find it) +to connect to the host you are ftping from. Unless indicated +otherwise, login in as user "anonymous", with password: "your e-mail +address" and set "binary" mode (to transfer all eight bits in each +byte). + +ALWAYS USE BINARY/IMAGE MODE TO TRANSFER THESE FILES! +Text mode does not work for tar files or compressed files. + +* GNU Software and How To FTP It + +GNU software is available on ftp.gnu.org under the directory /gnu. +diff files to convert between versions exist for some of these +programs. Some programs have misc support files as well. Have a look +on ftp.gnu.org to see which ones. In most cases, the tar or diff +files are compressed with the `gzip' program; this is indicated with +the .gz suffix. + +Descriptions of GNU software are available at + http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html + +* Alternative Internet FTP Sources + +Please do NOT use a site outside your country, until you have checked +all sites inside your country, and then your continent. Trans-ocean +TCP/IP links are very expensive and usually very low speed. + +The canonical GNU ftp site is located at ftp.gnu.org/gnu. +You should probably use one of the many mirrors of that site - the +mirrors will be less busy, and you can find one closer to your site. + +* GNU FTP Site Mirror List + +United States: + + +California - labrea.stanford.edu/pub/gnu, gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/GNU, ftp.keystealth.org/pub/gnu +Hawaii - ftp.hawaii.edu/mirrors/gnu +Illinois - uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/gnu (Internet address 128.174.5.14) +Kentucky - ftp.ms.uky.edu/pub/gnu +Maryland - ftp.digex.net/pub/gnu (Internet address 164.109.10.23) +Massachusetts - aeneas.mit.edu/pub/gnu +Michigan - gnu.egr.msu.edu/pub/gnu +Missouri - wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/gnu +New Mexico - ftp.cs.unm.edu/mirrors/gnu +New York - ftp.cs.columbia.edu/archives/gnu/prep +New York - ftp.stealth.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org (Internet address 206.252.192.18) +North Carolina - http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/gnu +Ohio - ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu/mirror/gnu +Pennsylvania - boron.club.cc.cmu.edu/gnu +Tennessee - sunsite.utk.edu/pub/gnu/ftp +Virginia - ftp.uu.net/archive/systems/gnu +Washington - ftp.nodomainname.net/pub/mirrors/gnu +Wisconsin - ftp.twtelecom.net/pub/GNU + +Africa: + +South Africa - ftp.sun.ac.za/gnu + +The Americas: + +Brazil - ftp.unicamp.br/pub/gnu +Brazil - master.softaplic.com.br/pub/gnu +Brazil - ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/gnu +Canada - ftp.cs.ubc.ca/mirror2/gnu +Chile - ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/gnu (Internet address 146.83.198.3) +Costa Rica - sunsite.ulatina.ac.cr/Mirrors/GNU +Mexico - ftp.uaem.mx/pub/gnu + +Australia: + +Australia - ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au/pub/gnu +Australia - mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gnu + +Asia: + +China - ftp.sea9.com/pub/gnu +China - ftp.cs.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/gnu/ +China - sunsite.ust.hk/pub/gnu/ +Japan - tron.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pub/GNU/prep +Japan - ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp/pub/gnu +Japan - mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/GNU/ +Japan - core.ring.gr.jp/pub/GNU +Japan - ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/GNU +Korea - cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gnu (Internet address 143.248.186.3) +Korea - ftpmirror.hanyang.ac.kr/GNU +Saudi Arabia - ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/mirrors/prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu +Taiwan - coda.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/gnu +Taiwan - ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub3/GNU/gnu/ +Thailand - ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/gnu (Internet address - 192.150.251.32) + +Europe: + +Austria - ftp.gnu.vbs.at/gnu +Austria - ftp.univie.ac.at/packages/gnu +Austria - gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc +Belgium - ftp.be.gnu.org +Austria - http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/gnu/gnusrc/ +Czech Republic - ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/gnu/ +Denmark - ftp.denet.dk/mirror/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu +Denmark - ftp.dkuug.dk/pub/gnu/ +Finland - ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu +France - ftp.univ-lyon1.fr/pub/gnu +France - ftp.irisa.fr/pub/gnu +France - ftp.medasys-digital-systems.fr/pub/gnu +France - ftp.fuitad.net/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org +Germany - ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/unix/gnu/ +Germany - ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gnu +Germany - ftp.de.uu.net/pub/gnu +Germany - ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ +Germany - ftp.gigabell.net/pub/gnu +Germany - ftp.cs.uni-bonn.de/pub/gnu/ +Germany - ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.gnu.org +Germany - http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.gnu.org +Greece - ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/gnu +Greece - ftp.ntua.gr/pub/gnu +Greece - ftp.duth.gr/pub/gnu +Greece - ftp.aua.gr/pub/mirrors/GNU (Internet address 143.233.187.61) +Hungary - ftp.kfki.hu/pub/gnu +Ireland - ftp.esat.net/pub/gnu (Internet address 193.120.14.241) +Israel - iglu.org.il/pub/GNU +Italy - ftp.oasi.gpa.it/pub/gnu +Netherlands - ftp.eu.net/gnu (Internet address 192.16.202.1) +Netherlands - ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu +Netherlands - ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/gnu (Internet address 131.155.70.19) +Netherlands - ftp.mirror.nl/pub/mirror/gnu +Netherlands - ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/gnu +Norway - ftp.ntnu.no/pub/gnu (Internet address 129.241.11.142) +Norway - sunsite.uio.no/pub/gnu +Poland - ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/gnu +Poland - sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/gnu +Portugal - ftp.ci.uminho.pt/pub/mirrors/gnu +Portugal - http://ciumix.ci.uminho.pt/mirrors/gnu/ +Portugal - ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/gnu +Portugal - mirrors.netvisao.pt/gnu +Romania - archive.logicnet.ro/mirrors/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ +Russia - ftp.chg.ru/pub/gnu +Slovenia - ftp.arnes.si/gnu +Spain - ftp.etsimo.uniovi.es/pub/gnu +Spain - ftp.rediris.es/pub/gnu +Sweden - ftp.isy.liu.se/pub/gnu +Sweden - ftp.stacken.kth.se +Sweden - ftp.luth.se/pub/unix/gnu +Sweden - ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu (Internet address 130.238.127.3) + Also mirrors the Mailing List Archives. +Sweden - ftp.chl.chalmers.se/pub/gnu/ +Switzerland - ftp.eunet.ch/mirrors4/gnu +Switzerland - sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnu (Internet address 193.5.24.1) +Turkey - ftp.baskent.edu.tr/gnu/ftp +United Kingdom - ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/gnu (Internet address 130.88.203.12) +United Kingdom - ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ +United Kingdom - ftp.warwick.ac.uk/pub/gnu (Internet address 137.205.192.13) +United Kingdom - SunSITE.doc.ic.ac.uk/gnu (Internet address 193.63.255.4) + +* How to FTP GNU Emacs + +Emacs is in the directory /gnu/emacs on ftp.gnu.org. The emacs +distribution itself has a filename in the form emacs-M.N.tar.gz, where +M and N stand for the version numbers; the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual +is in a separate file, named elisp-manual-NN.tar.gz. + +* Scheme and How to FTP It + +The latest distribution version of C Scheme is available via anonymous FTP +from swiss-ftp.ai.mit.edu in /pub/scheme-X.X/ (where X.X is some version +number). + +Read the files INSTALL and README in the top level C Scheme directory. + +* TeX and How to Obtain It + +We don't distribute TeX now, but it is free software. + +TeX is a document formatter that is used, among other things, by the FSF +for all its documentation. You will need it if you want to make printed +manuals. + +TeX is freely redistributable. You can get it by ftp, tape, or CD/ROM. + +** For FTP instructions, retrieve the file +ftp.cs.umb.edu/pub/tex/unixtex.ftp. (We don't include it here because it +changes relatively frequently. Sorry.) + +** A minimal TeX collection (enough to process Texinfo files, anyway) +is included on the GNU source CD-ROM. See the file ORDERS in this +directory for more information. + +* VMS FTP sites with GNU Software +You can anonymously ftp a VMS version of GNU emacs from: + - ftp.vms.stacken.kth.se:[.GNU-VMS] - GNU Emacs and some other VMS +ports (and some VMS binaries) of GNU software + - mango.rsmas.miami.edu has a VMS version of the GCC/G++ compiler. +Contact angel@flipper.miami.edu (angel li) for details. + - RIGEL.EFD.LTH.SE [130.235.48.3] - GNU Emacs + +* Getting GNU software in Great Britain + +jpo@cs.nott.ac.uk is willing to distribute those GNU sources he has +available. The smaller items are available from the info-server (send +to info-server@cs.nott.ac.uk); the larger items by negotiation. Due to +communication costs this service is only available within the UK. + +BattenIG@computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk (aka +I.G.Batten@fulcrum.bt.co.uk) is also willing to distribute those GNU +sources he has. + +wizards@doc.ic.ac.uk is willing to distribute those GNU sources they have +along with most other freely distributable software. The SunSITE archive +on SunSITE.doc.ic.ac.uk (193.63.255.4) is available via ftp, http, fsp, +gopher, NFS and Lanmanger over IP (SMB), and telnet. + +UK sites with just anonymous FTP access are in the above list. + +* Getting GNU software via UUCP + +OSU is distributing via UUCP: most GNU software, MIT C Scheme, +Compress, News, RN, NNTP, Patch, some Appletalk stuff, some of the +Internet Requests For Comment (RFC) et al.. See their periodic +postings on the Usenet newsgroup comp.sources.d for informational +updates. Current details from or +<...!osu-cis!staff>. + +Information on how to uucp some GNU programs is available via +electronic mail from: uunet!hutch!barber, hqda-ai!merlin, acornrc!bob, +hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny, ncar!noao!asuvax!hrc!dan, +bigtex!james (aka james@bigtex.cactus.org), oli-stl!root, +src@contrib.de (Germany), toku@dit.co.jp (Japan) and info@ftp.uu.net. + +* If You Like The Software + +If you like the software developed and distributed by the Free +Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation. +Your donations will help to support the Foundation and make our future +efforts successful, including a complete development and operating +system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Unix), which will run Unix user +programs. For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us +at the above address, or see our web site at http://www.gnu.org. + +Ordering a GNU Source Code CD-ROM or Source Code CD-ROM Subscription +is a good way for your organization to help support our work.