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.
Browse HTTP: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org
Browse FTP: ftp://download.linuxfromscratch.org
Bash (2.04) - 1,307 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/bash-2.04.tar.bz2
Binutils (2.10) 5,430 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/binutils-2.10.tar.bz2
Bzip2 (1.0.1) 454 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/bzip2-1.0.1.tar.gz
Diff Utils (2.7) 247 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/diffutils-2.7.tar.bz2
File Utils (4.0) 801 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/fileutils-4.0.tar.bz2
GCC (2.95.2) 9,555 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/gcc-2.95.2.tar.bz2
Linux Kernel (2.2.17) 13,727 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/linux-2.2.17.tar.bz2
Kernel USB patch: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/ppc-packages/usb-2.3.50-1-for-2.2.14.diff.gz
Glibc (2.1.3) 6,308 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/glibc-2.1.3.tar.bz2
Glibc-crypt (2.1) 36 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/glibc-crypt-2.1.tar.bz2
Glibc-linuxthreads (2.1.3) 112 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/glibc-linuxthreads-2.1.3.tar.bz2
Glibc Patch (2.1.3) - 1 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/glibc-2.1.3.patch.gz
Glibc-ctype-patch: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/ppc-packages/glibc-2.1.3-ctype.patch
Grep (2.4.2) 382 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/grep-2.4.2.tar.bz2
Gzip (1.2.4a) 178 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/gzip-1.2.4a.tar.bz2
Make (3.79.1) 749 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/make-3.79.1.tar.bz2
Sed (3.02) 221 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/sed-3.02.tar.bz2
Shell Utils (2.0) 824 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/sh-utils-2.0.tar.bz2
Tar (1.13) 730 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/tar-1.13.tar.bz2
Text Utils (2.0) 1,040 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/textutils-2.0.tar.bz2
MAKEDEV (2.5) - 11 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/MAKEDEV-2.5.tar.bz2
Bison (1.28) 321 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/bison-1.28.tar.bz2
Mawk (1.3.3) 168 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/mawk1.3.3.tar.bz2
Patch (2.5.4) 149 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/patch-2.5.4.tar.bz2
Find Utils (4.1) 226 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/findutils-4.1.tar.bz2
Find Utils Patch (4.1) 1 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/findutils-4.1.patch.gz
Ncurses (4.2): http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/ppc-packages/ncurses-4.2.tar.bz2 (newer versions than 4.2 are known not to work on PPC)
Less (358) 178 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/less-358.tar.bz2
Groff (1.16.1) 1,173 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/groff-1.16.1.tar.bz2
Man (1.5h1) 156 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/man-1.5h1.tar.bz2
Perl (5.6.0) 4,327 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/perl-5.6.0.tar.bz2
M4 (1.4) 249 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/m4-1.4.tar.bz2
Texinfo (4.0) 812 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/texinfo-4.0.tar.bz2
Autoconf (2.13) 333 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/autoconf-2.13.tar.bz2
Automake (1.4) 277 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/automake-1.4.tar.bz2
Flex (2.5.4a) 278 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/flex-2.5.4a.tar.bz2
File (3.32) 125 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/file-3.32.tar.bz2
Libtool (1.3.5) 361 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/libtool-1.3.5.tar.bz2
Bin86 (0.15.1) 112 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/bin86-0.15.1.tar.bz2
Gettext (0.10.35) 525 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/gettext-0.10.35.tar.bz2
Console-tools (0.2.3) 490 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/console-tools-0.2.3.tar.bz2
Console-tools (0.2.3) Patch: 4 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/console-tools-0.2.3.patch.gz
Console-data (1999.08.29) 418 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/console-data-1999.08.29.tar.bz2
E2fsprogs (1.19) 808 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/e2fsprogs-1.19.tar.bz2
Ed (0.2) 158 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/ed-0.2.tar.bz2
Ld.so (1.9.9) 280 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/ld.so-1.9.9.ta4.bz2
Modutils (2.3.17) 172 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/modutils-2.3.17.tar.bz2
Vim-rt (5.7) 905 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/vim-5.7-rt.tar.bz2
Vim-src (5.7) 963 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/vim-5.7-src.tar.bz2
Modutils (2.3.17) 172 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/modutils-2.3.17.tar.bz2
Procinfo (17) 21 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/procinfo-17.tar.bz2
Procps (2.0.7) 153 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/procps-2.0.7.tar.bz2
Psmisc (19) 20 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/psmisc-19.tar.bz2
Shadow Password Suite (20000902) 557 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/shadow-20000902.tar.bz2
Sysklogd (1.4) 67 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/sysklogd-1.4.tar.bz2
Sysvinit (2.78) 90 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/sysvinit-2.78.tar.bz2
Util Linux (2.10o) 871 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/util-linux-2.10o.tar.bz2
Pmac Utils( (1.1.1): http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/ppc-packages/pmac-utils-1.1.1-patched.tar.bz2
Man-pages (1.31) 468 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/man-pages-1.31.tar.bz2
Netkit-base (0.17) 49 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/netkit-base-0.17.tar.bz2
Net-tools (1.57) 187 KB: http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/common-packages/net-tools-1.57.tar.bz2