This chapter includes a list of packages that need to be downloaded for building the HLFS system. The listed version numbers correspond to versions of the software that are known to work, and this book is based on their use. We highly recommend not using newer versions because the build commands for one version may not work with a newer version.
Download locations may not always be accessible. If a download location has changed since this book was published, Freshmeat (http://www.freshmeat.net) and Google (http://www.google.com) provide useful search engines for most packages.
When as hlfs user, download
the next packages and patches into the $HLFS/sources directory.