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        !             2: How to get GNU Software by Internet FTP or by UUCP.  Last updated 20 Jan 92.
        !             3: 
        !             4: * No Warranties
        !             5: 
        !             6: We distribute software in the hope that it will be useful, but
        !             7: without any warranty.  No author or distributor of this software
        !             8: accepts responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it or
        !             9: for whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all, unless
        !            10: he says so in writing.
        !            11: 
        !            12: * Updates
        !            13: 
        !            14: If you find this file in the Emacs distribution, there is a chance
        !            15: it is out of date.  If you plan to FTP files from prep.ai.mit.edu,
        !            16: you might as well start by FTPing the current version of this file,
        !            17: which is `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP'.
        !            18: 
        !            19: * FTPing GNU Software
        !            20: 
        !            21: ** GNU Emacs and How To FTP It
        !            22: 
        !            23: If you are on the Internet (see also "** Alternative Internet FTP
        !            24: Sources" below), you can at present copy the latest distribution
        !            25: version of GNU Emacs from the file /pub/gnu/emacs-M.N.tar on host
        !            26: prep.ai.mit.edu (or the file /pub/gnu/emacs-M.N.tar.Z which has been
        !            27: run through compress after tar).  M and N standard for version
        !            28: numbers; look at a listing of the directory through ftp to see what
        !            29: version is available.  These files are about 11 and 4 megabytes long,
        !            30: respectively.  After you unpack the distribution, be sure to look at
        !            31: the files README and INSTALL.
        !            32: 
        !            33: Because of difficulties in transferring large files, sometimes a split
        !            34: version of the tar file is created.  This is a directory named
        !            35: /pub/gnu/emacs-M.N.tar-split or perhaps
        !            36: /pub/gnu/emacs-M.N.tar.Z-split, containing files of 100000 characters
        !            37: each.  There is generally no trouble in ftping files of this size.
        !            38: They can be combined with cat to make a tar file or compressed tar
        !            39: file.
        !            40: 
        !            41: ALWAYS USE BINARY/IMAGE MODE TO TRANSFER THESE FILES!
        !            42: Text mode does not work for tar files or compressed files.
        !            43: 
        !            44: Some ftp'ers have found it necessary for successful file transfer:
        !            45:    - to explicitly use prep.ai.mit.edu internet address:
        !            46: 18.71.0.38     (as of 11 April 89)
        !            47: 
        !            48: Files of differences from previous widely distributed GNU Emacs
        !            49: versions to the present version are also available on prep.ai.mit.edu
        !            50: under names of the form emacs.diff-OO.OO-NN.NN in directory /pub/gnu.
        !            51: These are made with diff -rc2.  Sometimes there are compressed
        !            52: versions of these difference files as well; their names have .Z
        !            53: appended.
        !            54: 
        !            55: The Emacs manual in source form is included in the distribution.
        !            56: The dvi file produced by TeX is not included, but a copy may be
        !            57: available for ftp under the name /pub/gnu/emacs.dvi.
        !            58: 
        !            59: The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is in a separate file:
        !            60: /pub/gnu/lispref.tar.Z.
        !            61: 
        !            62: ** VMS versions of GNU Emacs and How To FTP It.
        !            63: You can anonymously ftp a VMS version of GNU emacs from:
        !            64:        - ddvax.llnl.gov.
        !            65:        - VMSA.OAC.UCI.EDU or VMSD.OAC.UCI.EDU.
        !            66:        - RIGEL.EFD.LTH.SE [130.235.48.3].
        !            67:        - ctrsci.cc.utah.edu.  The 00readme.txt file gives details.
        !            68:        - cc.utah.edu [128.110.8.24].  User anonymous, pass guest.  It
        !            69: has already been compiled and linked so it is ready to run.  You will
        !            70: need to ftp the reblock.for program to reblock the saveset so that the
        !            71: backup utility can restore that saveset.  Do a backup/list on the
        !            72: ftp'd saveset and catch the header info that backup puts out.  It
        !            73: contains the correct block size to reblock the file to.  Remember to
        !            74: ftp it in binary mode.
        !            75: 
        !            76: ** A VMS version of G++ and How To FTP It.
        !            77: 
        !            78: mango.rsmas.miami.edu has a VMS version of the G++ compiler.  Contact
        !            79: [email protected] (angel li) for details.
        !            80: 
        !            81: ** A VMS version of GCC and How To FTP It.
        !            82: 
        !            83: Jonathan Corbet has made the "bootstrap files" for the GNU C compiler
        !            84: available for pseudo-anonymous FTP on rdss.ucar.edu.  The full gcc
        !            85: sources are also available, for anybody who wants to start from scratch.
        !            86: 
        !            87: Jonathan Corbet also requests that you please limit your access to
        !            88: outside the hours of 8-6 (mountain time) on weekdays.  RDSS is a
        !            89: *very* busy machine during the day.  Jonathan notes, "I don't think I
        !            90: have to tell you what will happen if my users feel they are being
        !            91: slowed down by outside people grabbing software."
        !            92: 
        !            93: The procedure is this: FTP to rdss.ucar.edu (128.117.80.1), and log in
        !            94: with a username of FTP, password FTP.  Cd into the [.gcc] directory,
        !            95: and grab either or both of these files:
        !            96:        bootstrap.bck   The bootstrap files -- not much more than the
        !            97:                        .exe files.  About 1.3 mb.
        !            98:        gcc.bck         The full-blown gcc source code.  About 5mb.
        !            99: Both of these files are backup savesets, and should thus be grabbed
        !           100: in binary mode.
        !           101: 
        !           102: SPAN people can grab the same files from rdss::du:[ftp.gcc].  If your
        !           103: node database does not know about rdss, use 9452 instead.
        !           104: 
        !           105: Jonathan Corbet is with the
        !           106: National Center for Atmospheric Research, Field Observing Facility
        !           107: Internet:      [email protected]
        !           108: SPAN:          rdss::corbet    (rdss = 9452)
        !           109: Usenet:                ...!ncar!rdss!corbet
        !           110: 
        !           111: ** Other GNU Software and How To FTP It.
        !           112: 
        !           113: This software is available on prep.ai.mit.edu under directory
        !           114: /pub/gnu.  Files containing diff from previous versions are often
        !           115: available.  Compressed versions of the tar or diff files are often
        !           116: available (indicated by a .Z suffix).  Much of this software is in
        !           117: beta test (probably still buggy), and is being made available for use
        !           118: by hackers who like to test software.  M.N indicates a version number.
        !           119: diff files to convert between versions (like those used for GNU
        !           120: Emacs), exist for some of these programs.  Some programs have misc
        !           121: suport files as well.  Have a look on prep.ai.mit.edu to see which
        !           122: ones.
        !           123: 
        !           124: GNU Assembler (gas)            gas-M.N.tar.Z           Released
        !           125: GNU Bash                       bash-M.N.tar.Z          BETA TEST
        !           126: GNU Bison                      bison-M.N.tar.Z         Released
        !           127: GNU C Compiler (gcc)           gcc.tar-M.N.Z           Late BETA TEST
        !           128: GNU C++ Compiler (g++)         g++.tar-M.N.Z           BETA TEST
        !           129: GNU C++ Library                        libg++-M.N.tar.Z        BETA TEST
        !           130: GNU cpio                       cpio-M.N.tar.Z          BETA TEST
        !           131: GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual        lispref.tar.Z           Released
        !           132: GNU AWK (gawk)                 gawk-M.N.tar.Z          Released
        !           133: GNU debugger (gdb)             gdb-M.N.tar.Z           Released
        !           134: GNU Make                       make-M.N.tar.Z          Released
        !           135: GNU ld, ar, gprof, size, nm and strip
        !           136:                                binutils.tar.Z          Released
        !           137: GNU cat chmod cmp cp cut dd dir du head install ln ls
        !           138:     mkdir mkfifo mv paste rm rmdir tac tail touch vdir
        !           139:                                fileutils-M.N.tar.Z     BETA TEST
        !           140: GNU Diff                       diff-M.N.tar.Z          Released
        !           141: GNU e?grep                     grep-M.N.tar.Z          Released
        !           142: GNU fgrep                      fgrep-M.N.tar.Z         BETA TEST
        !           143: GNU find                       find-M.N.tar.Z          BETA TEST
        !           144: GNU finger                     finger-M.N.tar.Z        BETA TEST
        !           145: GNU Ghostscript                        ghostscript-M.N.tar.Z
        !           146:                        & font ghostscript*tar.Z files  BETA TEST
        !           147: GNU gdbm                       gdbm-M.N.tar.Z          BETA TEST
        !           148: GNU Go                         gnugo-M.N.tar.Z         BETA TEST
        !           149: GNU groff                      groff-M.N.tar.Z         BETA TEST
        !           150: GNU indent                     indent-M.N.tar.Z        BETA TEST
        !           151: GNU malloc                     malloc.tar.Z            BETA TEST
        !           152: GNU tar (to unpacl .tar files) tar-M.N.tar.Z
        !           153:                        and     tar-M-N.shar            BETA TEST
        !           154: GNU m4                         m4.tar.Z                BETA TEST
        !           155: GNU sed                                sed-M.N.tar.Z           BETA TEST
        !           156: GNU Smalltalk                  smalltalk-M.N.tar.Z     BETA TEST
        !           157: GNU Chess                      gnuchess-M.N.tar.Z      Released
        !           158: GNU Buttons & Designs          button.M.N.ps           Released
        !           159: 
        !           160: and these packages which are not FSF software but work with
        !           161: them and are part of GNU:
        !           162: 
        !           163: Concurrent Version System      cvs-M.N.tar.Z
        !           164: compress (to undo .Z files)    compress.shar and compress.tar
        !           165: dirent                         dirent.tar.Z
        !           166:   (directory reader for sysV 3.2)
        !           167: elvis (a vi clone)             elvis.M.N.O.tar.Z
        !           168: Flex (a faster lex)            flex-M.N.tar.Z
        !           169: gnuplot                                gnuplot-M.N.tar.Z
        !           170: The jargon file                        jargon.text.Z
        !           171:   (definitions of terms used by hackers)
        !           172: NIH C++ Class Library          nihcl-M.N.tar.Z
        !           173: Perl                           perl-M.N.tar.Z
        !           174: Revision Control System                rcs.tar.Z
        !           175: Texi2roff                      texi2roff.shar.Z
        !           176: 
        !           177: ** TeX and How to FTP It
        !           178: 
        !           179: We don't distribute TeX now, but it is free software. 
        !           180: 
        !           181: You can get TeX sources via anonymous FTP from labrea.stanford.edu in
        !           182: pub/tex.  The directory pub/tex/unix3.0 probably contains what you
        !           183: want, but see pub/tex/README to be sure.  The most recent incarnation
        !           184: of the LaTeX macros are in labrea:pub/tex/latex.  If you'd like to
        !           185: support TUG and/or don't have access to the Internet, then write to
        !           186: [email protected] about getting their tape distribution.
        !           187: 
        !           188: ** Scheme and How to FTP It
        !           189: 
        !           190: The latest distribution version of C Scheme is on the machine
        !           191: zurich.ai.mit.edu.  To obtain a "tarred" copy of this directory,
        !           192: telnet to zurich.ai.mit.edu and log in as scheme (password: scheme).
        !           193: A file called dist.tar will be created (if there isn't one already),
        !           194: and you will be given a choice of the file transfer program to run (of
        !           195: all the ones supported by zurich).  It should be self-explanatory (ha,
        !           196: ha!  [try ? for help]).
        !           197: 
        !           198: Read the files INSTALL and README in the top level C Scheme directory.
        !           199: 
        !           200: ** Alternative Internet FTP Sources
        !           201: 
        !           202: The administrators of louie.udel.edu maintains copies of GNU Emacs and
        !           203: the compress program.  The files are available via anonymous ftp under
        !           204: directory ~ftp/gnu.
        !           205: 
        !           206: Emacs and other GNU programs may be available via anonymous ftp from
        !           207: these US sites: gatekeeper.dec.com, labrea.stanford.edu,
        !           208: wuarchive.wustl.edu, a.cs.uiuc.edu, itstd.sri.com, scam.berkeley.edu,
        !           209: jaguar.utah.edu, archive.cis.ohio-state.edu, and ftp.uu.net.  And
        !           210: these foreign sites: mcsun.eu.net (Europe - Internet address
        !           211: 192.16.202.1), sunic.sunet.se (Sweden), hp4nl.nluug.nl (Netherlands -
        !           212: 192.16.202.2), funic.funet.fi (Finland - 128.214.6.100), freja.diku.dk
        !           213: (Denmark - 129.142.96.1), ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp (Japan - nemacs, the
        !           214: japanese port of GNU Emacs, is under ~ftp/JAPAN).  Please do NOT use a
        !           215: site outside your country, until you have checked all sites inside
        !           216: your country, and then your continent.  Trans-ocean TCP/IP links are
        !           217: very expensive and usually very low speed.
        !           218: 
        !           219: * Getting GNU software in Great Britain
        !           220: 
        !           221: [email protected] is willing to distribute those GNU sources he has
        !           222: available.  The smaller items are available from the info-server (send
        !           223: to [email protected]) the larger items by negotiation.  Due to
        !           224: communication costs this service is only available within the UK.
        !           225: 
        !           226: [email protected] (aka
        !           227: [email protected]) is also willing to distribute those GNU
        !           228: sources he has available.  He can also write tapes in qic-21 and
        !           229: qic-24 formats.
        !           230: 
        !           231: [email protected] is willing to distribute those GNU sources he has
        !           232: available along with comp.sources.unix, comp.sources.x, X windows et
        !           233: al.  The archive, on src.doc.ic.ac.uk in directory /gnu, is available
        !           234: via ftp (on 146.169.3.7), niftp over janet (000005102000), ftam and
        !           235: uucp.  All items are available using uucp, NIFTP over JANET to
        !           236: src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/gnu.  Due to communication costs this service is
        !           237: only available within the UK.  Mail to [email protected] for
        !           238: details.  He can also write sun cartridge or exabyte tapes.
        !           239: 
        !           240: * Getting GNU software via UUCP
        !           241: 
        !           242: OSU is distributing via UUCP: most GNU software, MIT C Scheme,
        !           243: Compress, News, RN, NNTP, Patch, some Appletalk stuff, some of the
        !           244: Internet Requests For Comment (RFC) et al..  See their periodic
        !           245: postings on the Usenet newsgroup comp.sources.d for informational
        !           246: updates.  Current details from <[email protected]> or
        !           247: <...!osu-cis!uucp>.
        !           248: 
        !           249: Information on how to uucp some GNU programs is available via
        !           250: electronic mail from: uunet!hutch!barber, hqda-ai!merlin, acornrc!bob,
        !           251: hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny, bigtex!james (aka
        !           252: [email protected]), ncar!noao!asuvax!hrc!dan, oli-stl!root,
        !           253: [email protected] (in Germany) and [email protected].
        !           254: 
        !           255: * If You Like The Software
        !           256: 
        !           257: If you like the software developed and distributed by the Free
        !           258: Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation.
        !           259: Your donations will help to support the Foundation and make our future
        !           260: efforts successful, including a complete development and operating
        !           261: system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Un*x), which will run Un*x user
        !           262: programs.  For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us
        !           263: at the above address.
        !           264: 
        !           265: Ordering a distribution tape from the Foundation is often a good
        !           266: way to bring your company or university to make a donation.

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