GNUnet
GNU’s decentralized anonymous and censorship-resistant P2P framework. 		GNUnet logo  
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Introduction

Please mind that this is a beta version. The network has not been tested on a large scale and the code still requires some tuning. There are various known portability problems. Read the PLATFORMS file to find out about known problems (and workarounds) for specific architectures.

The network is still fairly small and downloads can be rather slow. Only little content is available, thus it is not always a bug if you get few (or no) search results. Mind that all queries are case-sensitive.

A subscription to GNUnet mailinglists might be a good idea, use help-gnunet or Mantis to report problems.

The next major release will be 0.8.1 and is expected 2009.

Binary packages

GNUnet is available as ready-to-run software for a few platforms. If you are unsure which download to choose, try the package for Windows. If your operating system or distribution is not included in the list below, please ask your vendor or consider building GNUnet from source.

Windows
GNUnet installer (11 MB)
Note: Microsoft Internet Explorer isn't able to verify the publisher of this executable. This is not a problem, you can verify its digital signature using WinPT.
Debian GNU/Linux
Debian Stable (Official backport)
Various GNUnet packages
You can use the backports directly with apt by adding the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list: 
deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian-backports/ etch-backports main contrib
Afterwards, use 
$ apt-get install -t etch-backports gnunet gnunet-gtk
to install GNUnet.
Debian Stable (Inofficial backport)
Various GNUnet packages
   
Debian Unstable (Inofficial packages)
Various GNUnet packages
Gentoo
Various GNUnet packages
Ubuntu
Inofficial packages for Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) by Markus
Add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list to be able to install and update GNUnet using apt: 
$ deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/teamgnunet/ubuntu intrepid main
$ deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/teamgnunet/ubuntu intrepid main
Inofficial packages for Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) by Markus
Add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list to be able to install and update GNUnet using apt: 
$ deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/teamgnunet/ubuntu hardy main
$ deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/teamgnunet/ubuntu hardy main
GNUnet core , GNUnet graphical interface (gnunet-gtk)
SuSE
Various GNUnet packages

Source

GNUnet′s source code is released under the GPL.
The latest release is here:

The current development code is available from our Subversion repository. You can access it using 

$ svn checkout https://gnunet.org/svn/GNUnet/

The various frontends are available at the following locations: 

$ svn checkout https://gnunet.org/svn/gnunet-gtk/
$ svn checkout https://gnunet.org/svn/gnunet-qt/
$ svn checkout https://gnunet.org/svn/gnunet-fuse/

For access to the freeway code use: 

$ svn checkout https://gnunet.org/svn/freeway/

System Requirements

Hardware

Operating system

3rd party libraries

GNUnet uses some other open source libraries. They are part of the Windows installer above, so you do not have to download them for Windows.
If you want to build GNUnet from source, you need the corresponding development packages, too.

A complete list for Debian is available.

Required for building GNUnet from source

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