Below is a list of packages you need to download for building a basic Linux system. The listed version numbers correspond to versions of the software that are known to work, and this book is based upon them. All the URL's below refer to the main LFS server. There are several FTP mirrors available from which you can download the files as well. The addresses of these can be found in . The LFS FTP archive only contains the versions of the packages that are used in this book. You can check the official download sites provided in to determine whether or not a newer package is available. If you do download a newer package, we would appreciate hearing whether you were able to install the package without any problems using this book's instructions.