This place will hopefully once become a huge archive where you can find tarballs of the latest GNU tools compiled for Ultrix MIPS and VAX.
All if this is brought to you thanks to Michael Umbricht of The Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island, Inc
For the moment, you find GNU (and other public) software for Ultrix-MIPS and Ultrix-VAX.
I intend to compile more common software for Ultrix.
Compilation is done under Ultrix/MIPS 4.4 with gcc 3.0.4, on a DECStation 5000/240. Binaries should run on all MIPS DECStations, running Ultrix 4.3a or later.
Compilation is done under Ultrix/VAX 4.3 and 4.5 (X-related stuff) with gcc 3.0.4, on a VAXStation 3100 M38. Binaries should run on all VAXen, running Ultrix 4.3 or later.
Please note that you'll have to add /freeware/gnu-tools/mips/bin respectively /freeware/gnu-tools/vax/bin to your PATH.Distributions are in tar.bz2 format. If you have a recent GNU tar (mips) and bzip2 (mips), you can install directly, with the following command:
tar -xvjf whatever.tar.bz2
Otherwise, decompress the file using bzip2 on another platform, and then install using Ultrix native tar.
Last updated Sep 9, 2005.
Package | Version | Status | Link | MD5 |
---|---|---|---|---|
bash | 3.0 | Green | bash-3.0.mips.tar.bz2 | a240b02661f006ed7ee60b7f4721449b |
bc | 1.06 | Green | bc-1.06.mips.tar.bz2 | 88a839bcd8de6e3e27080b11eefd0d65 |
binutils | 2.14 | Green | binutils-2.14.mips.tar.bz2 | 70b70053432e111cd69d5d6eb859083e |
bison | 2.0 | Amber | bison-2.0.mips.tar.bz2 | f48e583fcddfe943cc67bf44f9d14848 |
bzip2 | 1.0.2 | Green | bzip2-1.0.2.mips.tar.bz2 | 1c430fc10a021f64001be94ca323664e |
cdrecord | 2.01a10 | Amber | cdrecord-2.01a10.mips.tar.bz2 | 69483af0158cd8282f5b9f9e34ebf1eb |
coreutils | 5.0 | Green | coreutils-5.0.mips.tar.bz2 | 61b7a9d1e0934e3c377fb6e2303000c3 |
cpio | 2.6 | Green | cpio-2.6.mips.tar.bz2 | b131878d1318dc8493ce5e96e4154e83 |
diction | 1.02 | Green | diction-1.02.mips.tar.bz2 | 05b1edfa6cb788d46b68ea3ba1e3ee11 |
diffutils | 2.8.7 | Green | diffutils-2.8.7.mips.tar.bz2 | a1e111b6b633eccfbc1d80862255743f |
dmalloc | 5.3.0 | Green | dmalloc-5.3.0.mips.tar.bz2 | c5af42eeb474d853b22a58140953380f |
enscript | 1.6.1 | Green | enscript-1.6.1.mips.tar.bz2 | 5eb5d0941f1734515a847d4c4ae3f48a |
findutils | 4.2.25 | Green | findutils-4.2.25.mips.tar.bz2 | 806b2305278b340c1f71b2d46219b71f |
fontutils | 0.7 | Green | fontutils-0.7.mips.tar.bz2 | 03a8e4bd047de90119934b0edb7446f4 |
gawk | 3.1.5 | Green | gawk-3.1.5.mips.tar.bz2 | 43152a7e414a628274253de4e32ef571 |
gcal | 3.01 | Green | gcal-3.01.mips.tar.bz2 | 43b149eac8c2558c4688c4cb818c9fef |
gcc | 3.0.4 | Green | gcc-3.0.4.mips.tar.bz2 | 849c69712fe6a3331ae799317c679498 |
gdb | 5.3 | Green | gdb-5.3.mips.tar.bz2 | 248195eb1a29c2dd11289b4ba3617c55 |
gengetopt | 2.14 | Green | gengetopt-2.14.mips.tar.bz2 | 8b8413d462c3af353d9c179af85eebb5 |
gettext | 0.14.3 | Green | gettext-0.14.3.mips.tar.bz2 | 227a4402250a5421e29b8fa74ac799fb |
gmp | 4.1.4 | Green | gmp-4.1.4.mips.tar.bz2 | 99b20122160854a53633df3c62372e2a |
gnuplot | 3.7.3 | Green | gnuplot-3.7.3.mips.tar.bz2 | 48b1d642f6b4520bd24092ea452418f4 |
gperf | 3.0.1 | Green | gperf-3.0.1.mips.tar.bz2 | a3f88620e0beaafdd1ab2503dd3da759 |
grep | 2.5.1a | Green | grep-2.5.1a.mips.tar.bz2 | 2fd079036abb39c8bb2bb6a286deb519 |
groff | 1.19.2 | Green | groff-1.19.2.mips.tar.bz2 | aabc88bc514b2fbc479850c08dddcda8 |
gs | 8.51 | Green | gs-8.51.mips.tar.bz2 | 2fc65bbeebb52dd9b0d0aeb466ab993a |
gsl | 1.6 | Green | gsl-1.6.mips.tar.bz2 | dfc98dd40e688acb7ad1cf251d2360ad |
gzip | 1.3.5 | Green | gzip-1.3.5.mips.tar.bz2 | b717753ecdae619a3a5aaabd7bc85323 |
host | 991529 | Green | host-991529.mips.tar.bz2 | 8ce11e0e58bd1492b48421b184ed53e7 |
inetutils | 1.3.2f | |||
ircII | 20040216 | Green | irc20040216.mips.tar.bz2 | c09407f5f82426d5f8c21e3aa4091090 |
jasper | 1.701 | Green | jasper.mips.tar.bz2 | d7f27b0c932c804314f967250ada79a5 |
joe | 2.9.8 | Green | joe-2.9.8.mips.tar.bz2 | a684ba85b0bda1ccf8ef768499a11c72 |
less | 381 | Green | less-381.mips.tar.bz2 | 6a9762ac793845fa291faa2d138173a1 |
libiconv | 1.9.2 | Green | libiconv-1.9.2.mips.tar.bz2 | a7bb774f333c55c1409634be976ea36e |
libjbig | 1.2 | Green | libjbig.mips.tar.bz2 | fa3e4b8c6289f1d6d1db2c37cf90732d |
libjpg | 6b | Green | libjpg-6b.mips.tar.bz2 | 8650ca7de2db0ad85155bee5226490a3 |
libpng | 1.2.8 | Green | libpng-1.2.8.mips.tar.bz2 | f19cbeb968507f6302eb4a963ba0fb4f |
libtiff | 3.6.1 | Green | libtiff-3.6.1.mips.tar.bz2 | 30a6deb9cf876b7fc5184c9e46a160fd |
libtool | 1.5.18 | Green | libtool-1.5.18.mips.tar.bz2 | 99cbb6a6eddc70292c43902d9a75cf71 |
m4 | 1.4.3 | Green | m4-1.4.3.mips.tar.bz2 | d57c84f9e2aa20b79e13ebc4cf41f6ec |
make | 3.80 | Green | make-3.80.mips.tar.bz2 | ee54bb0fe9b8fe9a29273db7bd6aac4e |
man | 1.5l | Green | man-1.5l.mips.tar.bz2 | 4ef7198cc8e3371968ab2eb39d931d39 |
Mesa | 6.0.1 | Green | Mesa-6.0.1.mips.tar.bz2 | 9d4eb6b769d80a47159e730e9ffc3a18 |
mtools | 3.9.10 | Green | mtools-3.9.10.mips.tar.bz2 | 6fd120cf2943561b018311823406383e |
ncurses | 5.4 | Green | ncurses-5.4.mips.tar.bz2 | ac62c8add3ea3c6755254304e04bb547 |
patch | 2.5.4 | Green | patch-2.5.4.mips.tar.bz2 | 454d9b89213920973ccd7525c76f85fa |
rsync | 2.6.6 | Green | rsync-2.6.6.mips.tar.bz2 | d2c56935d230d39c8bc6ee37ada18f35 |
rx | 1.5 | Green | rx-1.5.mips.tar.bz2 | 97b40317705ce6ee9718a8ce3d630125 |
rxvt | 2.7.10 | Green | rxvt-2.7.10.mips.tar.bz2 | 0d9d0e0e531c852c5186636f5f64951b |
screen | 4.0.2 | Green | screen-4.0.2.mips.tar.bz2 | c6f7295910e683c9107a49b0feaaf1fd |
sed | 4.1.2 | Green | sed-4.1.2.mips.tar.bz2 | f6a3f844735f47e55fa3cf6fe4377549 |
sharutils | 4.5.1 | Green | sharutils-4.5.1.mips.tar.bz2 | 7d7fa56d2c9e59954925528ee0e1d900 |
tar | 1.15 | Green | tar-1.15.mips.tar.bz2 | e8fb9df93b40d113cf77f6b4cb6bcbe6 |
tcsh | 6.13.00 | Green | tcsh-6.13.00.mips.tar.bz2 | 82082b950c9098e684e1b064da44a455 |
texinfo | 4.8 | Green | texinfo-4.8.mips.tar.bz2 | ecdf9133021a690c59738aed80b20cd5 |
time | 1.7 | Green | time-1.7.mips.tar.bz2 | 05e1d3f44b5fd47abbbf6a2627b2f99e |
units | 1.85 | Green | units-1.85.mips.tar.bz2 | 4bd0592329972936d4a752b92f45a2f6 |
unzip | 5.52 | Green | unzip-5.52.mips.tar.bz2 | af4bc61e54313a40673dddc0c273bc4b |
vim | 6.3 | Green | vim-6.3.mips.tar.bz2 | b3de1e504a409a403d24194c68b440d2 |
vnc_viewer | 1.2.9 | Green | vnc_viewer-1.2.9.mips.tar.bz2 | c0e3ea6ead699993bd657dad6757696a |
which | 2.16 | Green | which-2.16.mips.tar.bz2 | 636c7c173a630f3cbdc9286d4bf88b94 |
xv | 3.10a | Green | xv-3.10a.mips.tar.bz2 | 86f7642ca52eb1f28335e97ca7a4bfe0 |
zip | 2.31 | Green | zip-2.31.mips.tar.bz2 | a78373169f695b179ca1e04492ab53a2 |
zlib | 1.2.3 | Green | zlib-1.2.3.mips.tar.bz2 | 152f2e020384910f1fbbf5790e3232f7 |
Amber status means: "builds and works well, but not with its full functionality". Green status means: "builds right out of the box and runs perfectly".
Last updated Dec 28, 2005.
Package | Version | Status | Link | MD5 |
---|---|---|---|---|
autoconf | 2.59 | Green | autoconf-2.59.vax.tar.bz2 | bddc8d8d1efb4b34690b02150caa9c97 |
automake | 1.9.5 | Green | automake-1.9.5.vax.tar.bz2 | 11f85b4788d3a41ea8d96c67907c0ff0 |
bash | 3.1 | Green | bash-3.1.vax.tar.bz2 | 268a376d8a387f701dc12ab867fc1fa7 |
bc | 1.06 | Green | bc-1.06.vax.tar.bz2 | 7167419f9635227b7b9812c1043d41ca |
binutils | 2.14 | Green | binutils-2.14.vax.tar.bz2 | 02d954e4b647edd507368d274cdc50af |
bison | 2.0 | Green | bison-2.0.vax.tar.bz2 | e67f45456e68b928c4903bd646e999ea |
bzip2 | 1.0.2 | Green | bzip2-1.0.2.vax.tar.bz2 | 619468e667d402ebf0c37ec245ca3ea1 |
coreutils | 5.0 | Green | coreutils-5.0.vax.tar.bz2 | 51ba42ea520b55decec328c57efcd763 |
cpio | 2.6 | Green | cpio-2.6.vax.tar.bz2 | f9e8c7f11c2174c85f9663b587e1970d |
diffutils | 2.8.1 | Green | diffutils-2.8.1.vax.tar.bz2 | 69752b48abcc5df0cd3c305f7257db40 |
dmalloc | 5.3.0 | Green | dmalloc-5.3.0.vax.tar.bz2 | 4abe2ceb7ab9401da7cfd4e5daab522c |
emacs | 21.4.1 | Green | emacs-21.4.1.vax.tar.bz2 | dbe91620205e4a5a00a20820ee7bfa59 |
enscript | 1.6.1 | Green | enscript-1.6.1.vax.tar.bz2 | 5f2e003b5c77c805fc7def94d9ad2a94 |
findutils | 4.2.23 | Green | findutils-4.2.23.vax.tar.bz2 | 15612d4713f2658ea4e4d13f7b0a2121 |
gawk | 3.1.5 | Green | gawk-3.1.5.vax.tar.bz2 | 8955f56a1baa8e76dd4e8f12a9e9492e |
gcal | 3.01 | Green | gcal-3.01.vax.tar.bz2 | 98133294bb5a6aaeddc48fa125b03e3e |
gcc | 2.95.3 | Green | gcc-2.95.3.vax.tar.bz2 | 0ddd75c09547513aa6031cb12f157b41 |
gcc | 3.0.4 | Green | gcc-3.0.4.vax.tar.bz2 | 52ef83413aa22480e767c2f347dcd0c9 |
gdb | 5.3 | Green | gdb-5.3.vax.tar.bz2 | ec1b17a35b328f705430af31189743c6 |
gettext | 0.14.3 | Green | gettext-0.14.3.vax.tar.bz2 | 3074ec7c7d27087f88fabd495be3f8ab |
gnuplot | 4.0.0 | Amber | gnuplot-4.0.0.vax.tar.bz2 | 8d524ea0d3613a7bec06351059d834f6 |
grep | 2.5.1a | Green | grep-2.5.1a.vax.tar.bz2 | bb4793cd0a81cf788e2c95c458eea2cb |
groff | 1.17.2 | Amber | groff-1.17.2.vax.tar.bz2 | 5fb14a4a553205a89f80e9360bf6f982 |
gs | 8.50 | Green | gs-8.50.vax.tar.bz2 | c261806820eb2898bc54bbef48558277 |
gzip | 1.3.5 | Green | gzip-1.3.5.vax.tar.bz2 | 3ecd6e683f57ed92f8eef9653ac5cf15 |
ircII | 20021103 | Green | irc20021103.vax.tar.bz2 | aa3c96d5b5a4bfc720b04c4ec8c7bbdb |
joe | 2.9.8 | Green | joe-2.9.8.vax.tar.bz2 | 44149ee7d33f2ba5a008143246f6f4f5 |
less | 381 | Green | less-381.vax.tar.bz2 | a2bf24bcc17e405770fae8c36cc332bb |
libiconv | 1.9.2 | Green | libiconv-1.9.2.vax.tar.bz2 | 3c71fd84e18e5553049bca609dbc85c7 |
libjpg | 6b | Green | libjpg-6b.vax.tar.bz2 | 42c5e0849319404031451028b8836aff |
libpng | 1.2.8 | Green | libpng-1.2.8.vax.tar.bz2 | b709ef45582bb17e0557f6de2e57efb5 |
libtool | 1.5.18 | Green | libtool-1.5.18.vax.tar.bz2 | a0ba333aa48c147ac57686ac6e8a1d21 |
m4 | 1.4.4 | Green | m4-1.4.4.vax.tar.bz2 | 5eb9bcedba40c8f829b0918dbb8cf3f3 |
make | 3.80 | Green | make-3.80.vax.tar.bz2 | daf86b5d6cafa3b6ee5b40ddb65322ab |
mtools | 3.9.10 | Green | mtools-3.9.10.vax.tar.bz2 | 2a502445ba7315ec02f6f04067533e72 |
ncurses | 5.4 | Green | ncurses-5.4.vax.tar.bz2 | e24a3fa8443814d76eaaf8bd091463f7 |
patch | 2.5.4 | Green | patch-2.5.4.vax.tar.bz2 | 06e8bd203afcaeeb95cd0727a331b781 |
readline | 4.3 | Green | readline-4.3.vax.tar.bz2 | ba29c4ca1796ff29faf60eb09ba2c05c |
rsync | 2.6.6 | Green | rsync-2.6.6.vax.tar.bz2 | 64ec8507b196240b61fe6ffddf366cff |
rx | 1.5 | Green | rx-1.5.vax.tar.bz2 | 92967d5c567c6c3468673eff23d0655d |
screen | 4.0.2 | Green | screen-4.0.2.vax.tar.bz2 | 62e86f782a3b2dc819cefbeb39a09678 |
sed | 4.1.4 | Green | sed-4.1.4.vax.tar.bz2 | 00adcb08b246d2633e25a55bd6b24fb8 |
sharutils | 4.5.1 | Green | sharutils-4.5.1.vax.tar.bz2 | 2412ac702fe95f281b53dc094ec894a8 |
tar | 1.15 | Green | tar-1.15.vax.tar.bz2 | 6c0d3f3a85efffb7bc710c667188e996 |
tcsh | 6.13.00 | Green | tcsh-6.13.00.vax.tar.bz2 | 2437ebc4dc0b67881aff8b5e0ff1f144 |
texinfo | 4.8 | Green | texinfo-4.8.vax.tar.bz2 | b1ef104b19b9fb57877720de231fad2e |
time | 1.7 | Green | time-1.7.vax.tar.bz2 | adf2172d6ca32104c89796443b632d06 |
units | 1.85 | Green | units-1.85.vax.tar.bz2 | 71c9467b2c1500be3f4034d4110e5655 |
unzip | 5.52 | Green | unzip-5.52.vax.tar.bz2 | b14ff6eb366bd2b54bf99ef4c9387230 |
vim | 6.3 | Green | vim-6.3.vax.tar.bz2 | 616289bc1bf30cc13eb702480e6cd92b |
which | 2.16 | Green | which-2.16.vax.tar.bz2 | 8a0542edd05ca50b26ea7cdd2651de37 |
zip | 2.31 | Green | zip-2.31.vax.tar.bz2 | 527cfd1fb31c64ad2551c57a6753cb6e |
zlib | 1.2.3 | Green | zlib-1.2.3.vax.tar.bz2 | 80629860c1469d0cfb6907574c486870 |
Amber status means: "builds and works well, but not with its full functionality". Green status means: "builds right out of the box and runs perfectly".
If you want a full complement of recent tools on your MIPS or VAX machine, you can switch to NetBSD. NetBSD is stable and well maintained on almost all old Digital machines. NetBSD also runs (most) Ultrix binaries.
If you are brave, you can try Linux for MIPS DECstations; this is in an experimental stage only. There is also a Linux/VAX porting project going on.
I'm Bert DeKnuydt and work for Imec and Visics during daylight hours. In my spare time, I like to keep the fire of Ultrix burning.
You can reach me by email on Albert.DeKnuydt(at)advalvas.be.
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