Chapter 3. Packages you need to download

Below is a list of all the common-packages you need to download for building the basic system. The version numbers printed correspond to versions of the software that is known to work and which this book is based on. If you experience problems which you can't solve yourself, download the version that is assumed in this book (in case you download a newer version).

All the files in this book will be downloaded from the LFS FTP site using the HTTP protocol when you click on the links below. There is also an FTP interface available if you want. You'll have to replace http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/ with ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/

If the download.linuxfromscratch.org server isn't allowing connections anymore (if http is full try ftp and the other way around) try one of our mirror sites. The addresses of the mirror sites can be found in Chapter 1 - Book Versions

We have provided a list of official download sites of the common-packages below in Appendix C. The LFS FTP archive only contains the versions of common-packages that are recommended for use in this book. If you're looking for newer versions than the ones listed here (by the time you read this, a couple of new versions will already be available, especially non-GNU software) you can have a look in Appendix C.

Please note that all files downloaded from the LFS FTP archive are files compressed with bzip2 instead of gz. If you don't know how to handle bz2 files, please read Chapter 2 - How to install the software.