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<h2>Binary Packages</h2>

<h3>FWTools</h3>

The FWTools binary releases for Linux and Windows systems include the
full set of GDAL libraries, utilities, python support and documentation 
along with lots of other stuff (including the OpenEV viewer).  More 
information is available at:

<a href="http://fwtools.maptools.org/">http://fwtools.maptools.org/</a>

The FWTools binaries for Linux should work on pretty much any modern
Intel Linux system.<p>

<h3>Other Binary Packages</h3>

<ol>

<li> RPMs suitable for Fedora Core are maintained by Schuyler Erle on
the <a href="http://mappinghacks.com">Mapping Hacks</a> site at
<a href="http://mappinghacks.com/rpm/">http://mappinghacks.com/rpm/</a>.
FC4 RPMs are also available from 
<a href="http://www.gdal.org/dl/fc4-rpms">Intevation</a>.<p>

<li> RPMs suitable for SuSe are maintained by GDF Hannover Germany site at
<a href="http://www.gdf-hannover.de/software/suse/">http://www.gdf-hannover.de/software/suse/</a>.<p>

<li> Packages for Debian users are available in the official repository
<a href="http://packages.debian.org/libgdal1">http://packages.debian.org/libgdal1</a>.<p>

<li> Packages for MacOS X are available via Fink from the <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/gdal">Fink repository</a>.

<li> For the fink adverse, there is also a build of GDAL distributed as
part of the easy-to-install 
<a href="http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/download.htm">GRASS GIS ON MAC
OS X</a> package by Lorenzo Moretti, and a standalone <a href="http://www.gdal.org/dl/GDAL-1.2.6.dmg">GDAL 1.2.6 installer</a> which includes a Framework 
version of the GDAL library.<p>

<li> For the fink and framework adverse another option is William Kyngesburye's
GISLibs package, <a href="http://www.kyngchaos.com/macosx/downloads.php">
binaries</a> and 
<a href="http://www.kyngchaos.com/macosx/index.php">build instructions</a>.<p>

</ol>

<h2>Source</h2>

GDAL source releases are available in tar.gz and zip from from the
GDAL primary ftp site, and http mirror site:

<a href="http://www.gdal.org/dl">http://www.gdal.org/dl</a><p>
<a href="http://gdal.maptools.org/dl/">http://gdal.maptools.org/dl</a><p>

The <a href="NEWS.html">NEWS</a> file describes features added up to the
most recent public release.<p>

Late each night a development snapshot is captured from CVS and made available.
These snapshots are not stable releases, and might (on a bad night) not even
build.  However, they do contain essentially the latest code.  They can be
downloaded from:

<a href="http://gdal.maptools.org/dl/daily">http://gdal.maptools.org/dl/daily</a><p>

Refer to the <a href="gdal_building.html">build instructions</a> for how to
build GDAL from source.<p>

<h3>CVS</h3>

The GDAL source is available by anonymous CVS from the cvs.maptools.org
server:

<pre>
% export CVSROOT=:pserver:cvsanon@cvs.maptools.org:/cvs/maptools/cvsroot
% cvs login
Password: *enter*
% cvs checkout gdal
</pre>

Update access to the CVS repository can be obtained by arrangement 
with the maintainer.<p>

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