<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Building and Installing Software Packages for Linux: Where to Find Source Archives</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Software-Building-HOWTO-15.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="Software-Building-HOWTO-13.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="Software-Building-HOWTO.html#toc14" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Software-Building-HOWTO-15.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Software-Building-HOWTO-13.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Software-Building-HOWTO.html#toc14">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s14">14. Where to Find Source Archives</A></H2> <P>Now that you are eager to use your newly acquired knowledge to add utilities and other goodies to your system, you may find them online at the <A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/linux-app-list/linapps.html">Linux Applications and Utilities Page</A>, or on one of the very reasonably priced CD ROM archives by <A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/">Red Hat</A>, <A HREF="http://www.infomagic.com">InfoMagic</A>, <A HREF="http://www.lsl.com">Linux Systems Labs</A>, <A HREF="http://www.cheapbytes.com">Cheap Bytes</A>, and others. <P>A comprehensive repository of source code is the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.vix.com/pub/usenet/comp.sources.unix/">comp sources UNIX archive</A>. <P>Much UNIX source code is posted on the <A HREF="news://alt.sources">alt.sources</A> newsgroup. If you are looking for particular source code packages, you may post on the related <A HREF="news://alt.sources.wanted">alt.sources.wanted</A> newsgroup. Another good place to check is the <A HREF="news://comp.os.linux.announce">comp.os.linux.announce</A> newsgroup. To get on the <A HREF="mailto:unix-sources@pa.dec.com">Unix sources</A> mailing list, send a <EM>subscribe</EM> message there. <P>Archives for the <A HREF="news://alt.sources">alt.sources</A> newsgroup are at the following ftp sites: <P> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.sterling.com/usenet/alt.sources/">ftp.sterling.com/usenet/alt.sources/</A></LI> <LI> <A HREF="ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/usenet/alt.sources/articles">wuarchive.wustl.edu/usenet/alt.sources/articles</A></LI> <LI> <A HREF="ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/alt.sources/articles">src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/alt.sources/articles</A> </LI> </UL> <P> <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="Software-Building-HOWTO-15.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Software-Building-HOWTO-13.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Software-Building-HOWTO.html#toc14">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>
