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2. Software packages you need to download

Below is a list of all the software that you need to download for use in this document. I display the sites and directories where you can download the software, but it is up to you to make sure you download the source archive and the latest version. The version numbers correspondent to versions of the software that is known to work.

2.1 Mandatory software

Sysvinit (2.78) : ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/sysvinit/

Bash (2.03) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/

Linux Kernel (2.2.14) : ftp://ftp.kernel.org/

Make (3.77) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/

Sed (3.02) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/

Shell Utils (2.0) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sh-utils/

File Utils (4.0) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/fileutils/

Util Linux (2.9z) : ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/

Text Utils (1.22) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/textutils/

Tar (1.12) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/

Gzip (1.2.4) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/

Binutils (2.9.1.0) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/

Grep (2.2) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/

Bison (1.25) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/

Mawk (1.3.3) : ftp://ftp.whidbey.net/pub/brennan/

Find Utils (4.1) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/

Diff Utils (2.7) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/

Ld.so (1.9.10) : ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/

Perl (5.005_03) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/perl/

M4 (1.4) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/

Texinfo (4.0) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/

Automake (1.3) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/

Autoconf (2.13) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/

Glibc (2.0.7pre6) : ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/glibc/2.0.7pre6/

Glibc-crypt (2.0.pre6) : ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/glibc/2.0.7pre6/

Glibc-linuxthreads (2.0.7pre6) : ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/glibc/2.0.7pre6/

Libstdc++-2.91.60 : ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/base/

Libstdc++-2.91.660-dev : ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/devel/

GCC (2.7.2.3) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/

G++-2.91.60 : ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/devel/

Ncurses (4.2) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/

Vim (5.5) : ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/

Readline Library (4.0) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/

Termcap Library (1.3) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/termcap/

Flex (2.5.4a) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/flex/

Less (332) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/less/

E2fsprogs (1.12) : ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/ext2fs/

File (3.26) : ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/source/utils/

Libtool (1.2) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/

Modutils (2.3.7) : ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/modutils/v2.3/

Linux86 (0.14.3) : ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/source/devel

Lilo (21) : ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo/

DPKG (1.4.0.35) : ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/source/base/

Sysklogd (1.3.31) : ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/

Groff (1.11.1) : ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/

Man-db (2.3.10) : ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/source/doc/

Procps (2.0.6) : ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/

Procinfo (17) : ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/

Procmisc (19) : ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/psmisc/

Shadow Password Suite (19990827) : ftp://piast.t19.ds.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/linux/shadow/

2.2 Optional software

All software below is used in sections 13 and above and are not strictly necessary. You have to determine for yourself if you want to install certain packages. If, for example, you don't intend to go online with the LFS system, you might not want to install the email, telnet, ftp, www, etc. utilities. You can omit those. I suggest you read the sections 13 and above first to determine which software packages you want and which software packages you don't want to install.

Netkit-base : ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit-devel/

Net-tools (1.53) : http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/

Procmail (3.13.1) : ftp://ftp.procmail.org/pub/procmail/

Sendmail (8.9.3) : ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/

Mailx (8.1.1) : ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/source/mail/

Mutt (1.0i) : ftp://ftp.mutt.org/pub/mutt/

Fetchmail (5.2.0) : http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/

Netkit-telnet : ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit-devel/

Proftpd (1.2.0pre9) : ftp://ftp.tos.net/pub/proftpd/

Netkit-ftp : ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit-devel/

Apache (1.3.3) : http://www.apache.org/dist/

Slang Library (1.3.10) : ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slang/

Zlib Library (1.1.3) : http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/

Lynx (2.8.1) : http://www.slcc.edu/lynx/release/

Xfree86 (3.3.2.3) : ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/

libPropList (0.9.1) : ftp://ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/libs/

libXpm (4.7) : ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/X/

libpng (1.0.3) : http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/

libtiff (3.4) : ftp://ftp.sgi.com/graphics/tiff/

libjpeg (6b) : http://www.ijg.org/

libungif (4.1.0) : ftp://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/pub/libungif/

WindowMaker (0.61.1) : ftp://ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/release/

PPP (2.3.10) : ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/


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