[[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://cross-lfs.org/files/BOOK/ snapshots] may be downloaded. Or check out the book's XML source from our Subversion repository and render it yourself: {{{ svn co http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/cross-lfs/trunk/BOOK/ }}} Additional files for this version: * [http://cross-lfs.org/files/patches/ Patches] * [http://cross-lfs.org/files/udev/ Udev] * [http://cross-lfs.org/files/bootscripts/ Bootscripts] == 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. * ftp://ftp.lfs-matrix.net/pub/lfs/clfs-packages/ (Montreal, Canada, 100Mbps) * http://ftp.lfs-matrix.net/pub/lfs/clfs-packages/ (Montreal, Canada, 100Mbps) * ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/lfs/clfs-packages/ (Corvallis, OR, USA, 100Mbps) * http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/lfs/clfs-packages/ (Corvallis, OR, USA, 100Mbps) * ftp://ftp.aliensoft.org/pub/lfs/clfs-packages/ (Munich, Germany, 100Mbps) * ftp://mirror.averse.net/pub/lfs/clfs-packages/ (Singapore, 100Mbps) * ftp://mirrors.angelinacounty.net/pub/lfs/clfs-packages/ (Houston, TX, USA, 100Mbps) * http://mirrors.angelinacounty.net/pub/lfs/clfs-packages/ (Houston, TX, USA, 100Mbps) * ftp://mirror.cict.fr/lfs/clfs-packages/ (Toulouse, France, 100Mbps)