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The GNU Hurd is under active development. Because of that, there is no `stable' version. The latest released version is 0.2, and dates back to 1997. This version should not be used anymore.
Although it is possible to bootstrap the GNU/Hurd system from the sources by cross-compiling and installing the system software and the basic applications, this is a difficult process. It is not recommended that you do this. Instead, you should get a binary distribution of the GNU/Hurd, which comes with all the GNU software precompiled and an installation routine which is easy to use.
The Debian project has commited to provide such a binary distribution. Debian GNU/Hurd is currently under development and available in the sid/unstable branch of the Debian archive.
Installation instructions
The GNU/Hurd installation guide written by Neal Walfield explains how to install the Debian GNU/Hurd binary distribution of the Hurd. Also available:
- formatted in PDF (105k characters).
- formatted as an Info document (24k characters).
- is the Texinfo source (25k characters).
CD ROM images
The Debian GNU/Hurd binary distribution of the GNU/Hurd system can be installed most conveniently from CD ROM. The complete Debian GNU/Hurd snapshot fits on three CDs. Images of the current CD ROM set are available within the directory ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/iso/ of the GNU FTP server.
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