Below is a list of all the packages that are needed 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 the user experiences problems which he can't solve himself, he should download the version that is assumed in this book (in case he downloaded a newer version). If the packages.linuxfromscratch.org server isn't allowing connections anymore try one of our mirror sites. The addresses of the mirror sites can be found in Chapter 1 - Book Version We have provided a list of official download sites of the packages below in Appendix C - Official download locations . The LFS FTP archive only contains the versions of packages that are recommended for use in this book. Newer versions than the ones listed here might be found after having 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 the user does not know how to handle bz2 files, he should read Chapter 2 - How to install the software. The list below is current as of January 5th, 2001