Getting (The GNU Awk User’s Guide)
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B.1.1 Getting the gawk Distribution
There are two ways to get GNU software:
- Copy it from someone else who already has it.
-
Retrieve
gawk
from the Internet hostftp.gnu.org
, in the directory/gnu/gawk
. Both anonymousftp
andhttp
access are supported. If you have thewget
program, you can use a command like the following:wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-5.1.0.tar.gz
The GNU software archive is mirrored around the world. The up-to-date list of mirror sites is available from the main FSF website. Try to use one of the mirrors; they will be less busy, and you can usually find one closer to your site.
You may also retrieve the gawk
source code from the official Git repository; for more information see Accessing The gawk Git Repository.