What is it?

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

What do I find here?

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.

So what exactly do I find here?

You find GNU software, compiled with following configure options for Ultrix MIPS, ./configure --prefix=/freeware/gnu-tools --exec-prefix=/freeware/gnu-tools/mips and Ultrix VAX, ./configure --prefix=/freeware/gnu-tools --exec-prefix=/freeware/gnu-tools/vax I decided against installing in the more common /usr/local tree, as probably many of you already have plenty of stuff there.

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.

How do I install this?

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.

Downloads for MIPS, Ultrix 4.3a and later

Last updated Sep 9, 2005.

PackageVersionStatusLinkMD5
bash 3.0 Green bash-3.0.mips.tar.bz2a240b02661f006ed7ee60b7f4721449b
bc 1.06 Green bc-1.06.mips.tar.bz288a839bcd8de6e3e27080b11eefd0d65
binutils 2.14 Green binutils-2.14.mips.tar.bz270b70053432e111cd69d5d6eb859083e
bison 2.0 Amber bison-2.0.mips.tar.bz2f48e583fcddfe943cc67bf44f9d14848
bzip2 1.0.2 Green bzip2-1.0.2.mips.tar.bz21c430fc10a021f64001be94ca323664e
cdrecord 2.01a10 Amber cdrecord-2.01a10.mips.tar.bz269483af0158cd8282f5b9f9e34ebf1eb
coreutils 5.0 Green coreutils-5.0.mips.tar.bz261b7a9d1e0934e3c377fb6e2303000c3
cpio 2.6 Green cpio-2.6.mips.tar.bz2b131878d1318dc8493ce5e96e4154e83
diction 1.02 Green diction-1.02.mips.tar.bz205b1edfa6cb788d46b68ea3ba1e3ee11
diffutils 2.8.7 Green diffutils-2.8.7.mips.tar.bz2a1e111b6b633eccfbc1d80862255743f
dmalloc 5.3.0 Green dmalloc-5.3.0.mips.tar.bz2c5af42eeb474d853b22a58140953380f
enscript 1.6.1 Green enscript-1.6.1.mips.tar.bz25eb5d0941f1734515a847d4c4ae3f48a
findutils 4.2.25 Green findutils-4.2.25.mips.tar.bz2806b2305278b340c1f71b2d46219b71f
fontutils 0.7 Green fontutils-0.7.mips.tar.bz203a8e4bd047de90119934b0edb7446f4
gawk 3.1.5 Green gawk-3.1.5.mips.tar.bz243152a7e414a628274253de4e32ef571
gcal 3.01 Green gcal-3.01.mips.tar.bz243b149eac8c2558c4688c4cb818c9fef
gcc 3.0.4 Green gcc-3.0.4.mips.tar.bz2849c69712fe6a3331ae799317c679498
gdb 5.3 Green gdb-5.3.mips.tar.bz2248195eb1a29c2dd11289b4ba3617c55
gengetopt 2.14 Green gengetopt-2.14.mips.tar.bz28b8413d462c3af353d9c179af85eebb5
gettext 0.14.3 Green gettext-0.14.3.mips.tar.bz2227a4402250a5421e29b8fa74ac799fb
gmp 4.1.4 Green gmp-4.1.4.mips.tar.bz299b20122160854a53633df3c62372e2a
gnuplot 3.7.3 Green gnuplot-3.7.3.mips.tar.bz248b1d642f6b4520bd24092ea452418f4
gperf 3.0.1 Green gperf-3.0.1.mips.tar.bz2a3f88620e0beaafdd1ab2503dd3da759
grep 2.5.1a Green grep-2.5.1a.mips.tar.bz22fd079036abb39c8bb2bb6a286deb519
groff 1.19.2 Green groff-1.19.2.mips.tar.bz2aabc88bc514b2fbc479850c08dddcda8
gs 8.51 Green gs-8.51.mips.tar.bz22fc65bbeebb52dd9b0d0aeb466ab993a
gsl 1.6 Green gsl-1.6.mips.tar.bz2dfc98dd40e688acb7ad1cf251d2360ad
gzip 1.3.5 Green gzip-1.3.5.mips.tar.bz2b717753ecdae619a3a5aaabd7bc85323
host 991529 Green host-991529.mips.tar.bz28ce11e0e58bd1492b48421b184ed53e7
inetutils 1.3.2f
ircII 20040216Green irc20040216.mips.tar.bz2c09407f5f82426d5f8c21e3aa4091090
jasper 1.701 Green jasper.mips.tar.bz2d7f27b0c932c804314f967250ada79a5
joe 2.9.8 Green joe-2.9.8.mips.tar.bz2a684ba85b0bda1ccf8ef768499a11c72
less 381 Green less-381.mips.tar.bz26a9762ac793845fa291faa2d138173a1
libiconv 1.9.2 Green libiconv-1.9.2.mips.tar.bz2a7bb774f333c55c1409634be976ea36e
libjbig 1.2 Green libjbig.mips.tar.bz2fa3e4b8c6289f1d6d1db2c37cf90732d
libjpg 6b Green libjpg-6b.mips.tar.bz28650ca7de2db0ad85155bee5226490a3
libpng 1.2.8 Green libpng-1.2.8.mips.tar.bz2f19cbeb968507f6302eb4a963ba0fb4f
libtiff 3.6.1 Green libtiff-3.6.1.mips.tar.bz230a6deb9cf876b7fc5184c9e46a160fd
libtool 1.5.18 Green libtool-1.5.18.mips.tar.bz299cbb6a6eddc70292c43902d9a75cf71
m4 1.4.3 Green m4-1.4.3.mips.tar.bz2d57c84f9e2aa20b79e13ebc4cf41f6ec
make 3.80 Green make-3.80.mips.tar.bz2ee54bb0fe9b8fe9a29273db7bd6aac4e
man 1.5l Green man-1.5l.mips.tar.bz24ef7198cc8e3371968ab2eb39d931d39
Mesa 6.0.1 Green Mesa-6.0.1.mips.tar.bz29d4eb6b769d80a47159e730e9ffc3a18
mtools 3.9.10 Green mtools-3.9.10.mips.tar.bz26fd120cf2943561b018311823406383e
ncurses 5.4 Green ncurses-5.4.mips.tar.bz2ac62c8add3ea3c6755254304e04bb547
patch 2.5.4 Green patch-2.5.4.mips.tar.bz2454d9b89213920973ccd7525c76f85fa
rsync 2.6.6 Green rsync-2.6.6.mips.tar.bz2d2c56935d230d39c8bc6ee37ada18f35
rx 1.5 Green rx-1.5.mips.tar.bz297b40317705ce6ee9718a8ce3d630125
rxvt 2.7.10 Green rxvt-2.7.10.mips.tar.bz20d9d0e0e531c852c5186636f5f64951b
screen 4.0.2 Green screen-4.0.2.mips.tar.bz2c6f7295910e683c9107a49b0feaaf1fd
sed 4.1.2 Green sed-4.1.2.mips.tar.bz2f6a3f844735f47e55fa3cf6fe4377549
sharutils 4.5.1 Green sharutils-4.5.1.mips.tar.bz27d7fa56d2c9e59954925528ee0e1d900
tar 1.15 Green tar-1.15.mips.tar.bz2e8fb9df93b40d113cf77f6b4cb6bcbe6
tcsh 6.13.00 Green tcsh-6.13.00.mips.tar.bz282082b950c9098e684e1b064da44a455
texinfo 4.8 Green texinfo-4.8.mips.tar.bz2ecdf9133021a690c59738aed80b20cd5
time 1.7 Green time-1.7.mips.tar.bz205e1d3f44b5fd47abbbf6a2627b2f99e
units 1.85 Green units-1.85.mips.tar.bz24bd0592329972936d4a752b92f45a2f6
unzip 5.52 Green unzip-5.52.mips.tar.bz2af4bc61e54313a40673dddc0c273bc4b
vim 6.3 Green vim-6.3.mips.tar.bz2b3de1e504a409a403d24194c68b440d2
vnc_viewer 1.2.9 Green vnc_viewer-1.2.9.mips.tar.bz2c0e3ea6ead699993bd657dad6757696a
which 2.16 Green which-2.16.mips.tar.bz2636c7c173a630f3cbdc9286d4bf88b94
xv 3.10a Green xv-3.10a.mips.tar.bz286f7642ca52eb1f28335e97ca7a4bfe0
zip 2.31 Green zip-2.31.mips.tar.bz2a78373169f695b179ca1e04492ab53a2
zlib 1.2.3 Green zlib-1.2.3.mips.tar.bz2152f2e020384910f1fbbf5790e3232f7

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".

Downloads for VAX, Ultrix 4.3 and later

Last updated Dec 28, 2005.

PackageVersionStatusLinkMD5
autoconf 2.59 Green autoconf-2.59.vax.tar.bz2bddc8d8d1efb4b34690b02150caa9c97
automake 1.9.5 Green automake-1.9.5.vax.tar.bz211f85b4788d3a41ea8d96c67907c0ff0
bash 3.1 Green bash-3.1.vax.tar.bz2268a376d8a387f701dc12ab867fc1fa7
bc 1.06 Green bc-1.06.vax.tar.bz27167419f9635227b7b9812c1043d41ca
binutils 2.14 Green binutils-2.14.vax.tar.bz202d954e4b647edd507368d274cdc50af
bison 2.0 Green bison-2.0.vax.tar.bz2e67f45456e68b928c4903bd646e999ea
bzip2 1.0.2 Green bzip2-1.0.2.vax.tar.bz2619468e667d402ebf0c37ec245ca3ea1
coreutils 5.0 Green coreutils-5.0.vax.tar.bz251ba42ea520b55decec328c57efcd763
cpio 2.6 Green cpio-2.6.vax.tar.bz2f9e8c7f11c2174c85f9663b587e1970d
diffutils 2.8.1 Green diffutils-2.8.1.vax.tar.bz269752b48abcc5df0cd3c305f7257db40
dmalloc 5.3.0 Green dmalloc-5.3.0.vax.tar.bz24abe2ceb7ab9401da7cfd4e5daab522c
emacs 21.4.1 Green emacs-21.4.1.vax.tar.bz2dbe91620205e4a5a00a20820ee7bfa59
enscript 1.6.1 Green enscript-1.6.1.vax.tar.bz25f2e003b5c77c805fc7def94d9ad2a94
findutils 4.2.23 Green findutils-4.2.23.vax.tar.bz215612d4713f2658ea4e4d13f7b0a2121
gawk 3.1.5 Green gawk-3.1.5.vax.tar.bz28955f56a1baa8e76dd4e8f12a9e9492e
gcal 3.01 Green gcal-3.01.vax.tar.bz298133294bb5a6aaeddc48fa125b03e3e
gcc 2.95.3 Green gcc-2.95.3.vax.tar.bz20ddd75c09547513aa6031cb12f157b41
gcc 3.0.4 Green gcc-3.0.4.vax.tar.bz252ef83413aa22480e767c2f347dcd0c9
gdb 5.3 Green gdb-5.3.vax.tar.bz2ec1b17a35b328f705430af31189743c6
gettext 0.14.3 Green gettext-0.14.3.vax.tar.bz23074ec7c7d27087f88fabd495be3f8ab
gnuplot 4.0.0 Amber gnuplot-4.0.0.vax.tar.bz28d524ea0d3613a7bec06351059d834f6
grep 2.5.1a Green grep-2.5.1a.vax.tar.bz2bb4793cd0a81cf788e2c95c458eea2cb
groff 1.17.2 Amber groff-1.17.2.vax.tar.bz25fb14a4a553205a89f80e9360bf6f982
gs 8.50 Green gs-8.50.vax.tar.bz2c261806820eb2898bc54bbef48558277
gzip 1.3.5 Green gzip-1.3.5.vax.tar.bz23ecd6e683f57ed92f8eef9653ac5cf15
ircII 20021103Green irc20021103.vax.tar.bz2aa3c96d5b5a4bfc720b04c4ec8c7bbdb
joe 2.9.8 Green joe-2.9.8.vax.tar.bz244149ee7d33f2ba5a008143246f6f4f5
less 381 Green less-381.vax.tar.bz2a2bf24bcc17e405770fae8c36cc332bb
libiconv 1.9.2 Green libiconv-1.9.2.vax.tar.bz23c71fd84e18e5553049bca609dbc85c7
libjpg 6b Green libjpg-6b.vax.tar.bz242c5e0849319404031451028b8836aff
libpng 1.2.8 Green libpng-1.2.8.vax.tar.bz2b709ef45582bb17e0557f6de2e57efb5
libtool 1.5.18 Green libtool-1.5.18.vax.tar.bz2a0ba333aa48c147ac57686ac6e8a1d21
m4 1.4.4 Green m4-1.4.4.vax.tar.bz25eb9bcedba40c8f829b0918dbb8cf3f3
make 3.80 Green make-3.80.vax.tar.bz2daf86b5d6cafa3b6ee5b40ddb65322ab
mtools 3.9.10 Green mtools-3.9.10.vax.tar.bz22a502445ba7315ec02f6f04067533e72
ncurses 5.4 Green ncurses-5.4.vax.tar.bz2e24a3fa8443814d76eaaf8bd091463f7
patch 2.5.4 Green patch-2.5.4.vax.tar.bz206e8bd203afcaeeb95cd0727a331b781
readline 4.3 Green readline-4.3.vax.tar.bz2ba29c4ca1796ff29faf60eb09ba2c05c
rsync 2.6.6 Green rsync-2.6.6.vax.tar.bz264ec8507b196240b61fe6ffddf366cff
rx 1.5 Green rx-1.5.vax.tar.bz292967d5c567c6c3468673eff23d0655d
screen 4.0.2 Green screen-4.0.2.vax.tar.bz262e86f782a3b2dc819cefbeb39a09678
sed 4.1.4 Green sed-4.1.4.vax.tar.bz200adcb08b246d2633e25a55bd6b24fb8
sharutils 4.5.1 Green sharutils-4.5.1.vax.tar.bz22412ac702fe95f281b53dc094ec894a8
tar 1.15 Green tar-1.15.vax.tar.bz26c0d3f3a85efffb7bc710c667188e996
tcsh 6.13.00 Green tcsh-6.13.00.vax.tar.bz22437ebc4dc0b67881aff8b5e0ff1f144
texinfo 4.8 Green texinfo-4.8.vax.tar.bz2b1ef104b19b9fb57877720de231fad2e
time 1.7 Green time-1.7.vax.tar.bz2adf2172d6ca32104c89796443b632d06
units 1.85 Green units-1.85.vax.tar.bz271c9467b2c1500be3f4034d4110e5655
unzip 5.52 Green unzip-5.52.vax.tar.bz2b14ff6eb366bd2b54bf99ef4c9387230
vim 6.3 Green vim-6.3.vax.tar.bz2616289bc1bf30cc13eb702480e6cd92b
which 2.16 Green which-2.16.vax.tar.bz28a0542edd05ca50b26ea7cdd2651de37
zip 2.31 Green zip-2.31.vax.tar.bz2527cfd1fb31c64ad2551c57a6753cb6e
zlib 1.2.3 Green zlib-1.2.3.vax.tar.bz280629860c1469d0cfb6907574c486870

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".

Are there any alternatives to Ultrix?

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.

Who are you?

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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