-*- text -*- How to get GNU Software by Internet FTP or by UUCP. Last updated 1998-06-05 * 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. * Updates If you find this file in the Emacs distribution, there is a chance it is out of date. If you plan to FTP files from a GNU FTP host, you might as well start by FTPing the current version of this file, which is `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP'. * 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). * FTPing GNU Software ** How to FTP GNU Emacs If you are on the Internet (see also "** Alternative Internet FTP Sources" below), you can at present copy the latest distribution version of GNU Emacs from the file /pub/gnu/emacs-M.N.tar.gz on host ftp.gnu.org. M and N stand for version numbers; look at a listing of the directory through ftp to see what version is available. This gzip'd file is about 12 megabytes long; it expands to about 45 megabytes. After you unpack the distribution, be sure to look at the files README and INSTALL. Because of difficulties in transferring large files, sometimes a split version of the tar file is created. This would be in a directory named /pub/gnu/emacs-M.N.tar-split or perhaps /pub/gnu/emacs-M.N.tar.gz-split, containing files of 100000 characters each. There is generally no trouble in ftping files of this size. They can be combined with cat to make a tar file or compressed tar file. If you can't find such files on ftp.gnu.org, have a look at ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu. ALWAYS USE BINARY/IMAGE MODE TO TRANSFER THESE FILES! Text mode does not work for tar files or compressed files. Files of differences from previous widely distributed GNU Emacs versions to the present version are also available on ftp.gnu.org under names of the form emacs-OO.OO-NN.NN.diff in directory /pub/gnu. These are made with diff -rc2. Sometimes there are versions compressed with gzip of these difference files as well; their names have .gz appended. The Emacs manual in source form is included in the distribution. The dvi file produced by TeX is not included, but a copy may be available for ftp under the name /pub/gnu/emacs.dvi. The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is in a separate file: /pub/gnu/elisp-manual-NN.tar.gz ** 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 ** Other GNU Software and How To FTP It Other GNU software is available on ftp.gnu.org under the directory /pub/gnu. diff files to convert between versions (like those used for GNU Emacs) exist for some of these programs. Some programs have misc support files as well. Have a look on prep to see which ones. Compressed versions of the tar or diff files are often available (indicated by a .gz suffix and made with the `gzip' program). Some of this software is in beta test (probably still buggy), and is being made available for use by hackers who like to test software. The file /pub/gnu/DESCRIPTIONS has a list of the packages distributed on ftp.gnu.org with a brief description explaining what each one can be used for. More information about these programs can typically be found in the GNU's Bulletin. To receive a copy, write to gnu@gnu.org. ** 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. ** Alternative Internet FTP Sources A possibly more up-to-date list of GNU FTP sites is at URL http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html 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/pub/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 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) Michigan - gnu.egr.msu.edu/pub/gnu Missouri - wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/gnu New York - ftp.cs.columbia.edu/archives/gnu/prep Ohio - ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu/mirror/gnu Utah - jaguar.utah.edu/gnustuff Virginia - ftp.uu.net/archive/systems/gnu Africa: South Africa - ftp.sun.ac.za/pub/gnu The Americas: Brazil - ftp.unicamp.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/GNU Mexico - ftp.uaem.mx/pub/gnu Asia and Australia: Australia - archie.au/gnu (archie.oz or archie.oz.au for ACSnet) Australia - ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au/pub/gnu Japan - tron.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pub/GNU/prep Japan - ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp/pub/gnu Korea - cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gnu (Internet address 143.248.186.3) Thailand - ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/gnu (Internet address - 192.150.251.32) Europe: Austria - ftp.univie.ac.at/packages/gnu Czech Republic - ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/gnu/ Denmark - ftp.denet.dk/mirror/ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu Finland - ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu (Internet address 128.214.6.100) France - ftp.univ-lyon1.fr/pub/gnu France - ftp.irisa.fr/pub/gnu Germany - ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/comp/os/unix/gnu/ Germany - ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gnu Germany - ftp.de.uu.net/pub/gnu Greece - ftp.ntua.gr/pub/gnu Greece - ftp.aua.gr/pub/mirrors/GNU (Internet address 143.233.187.61) Hungary - ftp.kfki.hu/pub/gnu Ireland - ftp.ieunet.ie/pub/gnu (Internet address 192.111.39.1) 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 131.155.70.100) Norway - ugle.unit.no/pub/gnu (Internet address 129.241.1.97) Spain - ftp.etsimo.uniovi.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. Switzerland - ftp.eunet.ch/mirrors4/gnu Switzerland - sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnu (Internet address 193.5.24.1) United Kingdom - ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/gnu (Internet address 130.88.203.12) United Kingdom - unix.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/gnu United Kingdom - ftp.warwick.ac.uk (Internet address 137.205.192.14) United Kingdom - SunSITE.doc.ic.ac.uk/gnu (Internet address 193.63.255.4) * 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. 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