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The GNU Project started in 1984 to develop a complete free Unix-like operating system. Linux-based variants of the GNU system are already widely used; these are often called ``Linux systems''. The first test release of ``the'' GNU system, using the GNU kernel, was made in August 1996.
Many people consider much of the GNU software to be superior to versions shipped with various operating systems or available from commercial vendors. It should be noted, however, that GNU software has no warranty of any kind. If you choose to use these tools, you do so at your own risk.
Each GNU package can be individually set up in this same way. Unless noted otherwise below, use <name>-<version> as the application name in your setup command.
| Application | Version | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| binutils | 2.11 | Various utilities | Not all utilities available on all platforms. Click here for a list. |
| bison | 1.28 | Replacement for yacc | |
| findutils | 4.1 | Search for files | Installed as gfind
|
| flex | 2.5.4a | Replacement for lex | |
| gawk | 3.0.4 | Replacement for awk | |
| gdb | 4.18 | Debugger | |
| gettext | 0.10.37 | Multilingual code support | |
| ggrep | 2.4.2 | Search files for patterns | |
| gmake | 3.79.1 | Replacement for make | |
| groff | 1.17 | Replacement for nroff | Not available on hpux, irix |
| gzip | 1.2.4a | Compress files | |
| less | 3.58 | Replacement for more | Application name is less-358
|
| sed | 3.02 | Stream editor | |
| texinfo | 4.0 | Generate/view GNU info files |