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+@ifclear version
+@defcodeindex fl
+@defcodeindex op
+@end ifclear
+
+@node unixtex.ftp
+@chapter @file{unixtex.ftp}: Obtaining @TeX{}
+
+@cindex obtaining @TeX{}
+@cindex retrieving @TeX{}
+
+@flindex unixtex.ftp
+@flindex tug.org
+@flindex www.tug.org
+@flindex ftp.tug.org
+This
+@iftex
+chapter
+@end iftex
+is @uref{ftp://tug.org/tex/unixtex.ftp}, a.k.a.@:
+@uref{https://tug.org/unixtex.ftp}, last updated 29 February 2020.
+Email @email{tex-k@@tug.org} with comments or questions.
+
+The principal free @TeX{} distribution for Unix-like systems is @TeX{}
+Live, on the web at @url{http://tug.org/texlive}. The pages there
+describe many ways to acquire and/or build @TeX{}, over the Internet
+or on physical media, both the sources and precompiled binaries for
+many systems, either standalone or as part of various operating system
+distributions.
+
+Web2c, Kpathsea, Dvips, and Dviljk, among others, are no longer
+released as a separate packages. Their sources are now maintained as
+part of @TeX{} Live.
+
+@flindex ftp.cs.stanford.edu
+@flindex tex.web
+@cindex Knuth, Donald E., archive of programs by
+The host @t{ftp.cs.stanford.edu} is the original source for the files
+for which Donald Knuth is directly responsible: @file{tex.web},
+@file{plain.tex}, etc. However, unless you want to undertake the
+project of building your @TeX{} system from scratch, it is more
+reliable and less work to retrieve these files as part of a larger
+package.
+
+In any case, the Stanford ftp site is not the canonical source for
+anything except what was created as part of Knuth's original @TeX{},
+so do not rely on any other files available there being up-to-date.
+The best place to check for up-to-date files is CTAN (the
+Comprehensive @TeX{} Archive Network), @url{https://ctan.org}.
+