[[ClfsToc]] = Download the Cross Linux From Scratch Book = Several versions of the LFS book are available for download, in several formats: == Current Development == This is the CLFS Book in its current development state. Changes can happen that break the build temporarily. Daily rendered [http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/clfs/downloads/cross-lfs/ snapshots] may be downloaded. Or check out the book's XML source from our Subversion repository and render it yourself: {{{ svn co svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/cross-lfs/trunk/BOOK/ }}} == LFS Museum == Old and crusty. But still useful as an educational experience, or to see how LFS has grown over the years. http://archive.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs-museum/ == Packages for CLFS == CLFS has a list of packages which you should download. Please use the versions which are [http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/#why-not-version listed in the book]; these are tested versions which are known to work with each other. In addition to the packages you will need to download some [http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/downloads/ patches]. There are several ways to download the packages. === Hunt and Peck/Freshmeat.net === When a package is not available from the location listed in the book, some other places to try are: * A search for the full package name in [http://www.google.com/ google] or your favorite search engine * [http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages Debian Package Search Page] * [http://www.filemirrors.com/ filemirrors.com] * [http://freshmeat.net/ freshmeat.net] * Sources from your linux distro === LFS HTTP/FTP Sites === If the above methods are not available to you, the packages are also available in a tarball and individually on the following ftp and http mirrors. HLFS package tarballs and individual packages are also available on these mirrors. * ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/lfs/ (Brisbane, Australia, 1Gbps) * ftp://ftp.lfs-matrix.net/pub/lfs/ (Montreal, Canada, 100Mbps) * http://ftp.lfs-matrix.net/pub/lfs/ (Montreal, Canada, 100Mbps) * ftp://gaosu.rave.org/pub/lfs/ (VUB, Brussels, Belgium, 100Mbps) * ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/lfs/ (Corvallis, OR, USA, 100Mbps) * http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/lfs/ (Corvallis, OR, USA, 100Mbps) * ftp://ftp.lauf-forum.at/pub/lfs/ (Nürnberg, Germany, 100Mbps) * ftp://ftp.aliensoft.org/pub/lfs/ (Munich, Germany, 100Mbps) * ftp://mirror.averse.net/pub/lfs/ (Singapore, 100Mbps) * ftp://mirrors.angelinacounty.net/pub/lfs/ (Houston, TX, USA, 100Mbps) * http://mirrors.angelinacounty.net/pub/lfs/ (Houston, TX, USA, 100Mbps) * ftp://mirror.cict.fr/lfs/ (Toulouse, France, 100Mbps)