Binary distribution

Big packages like gcc, libc and XFree86 are also distributed in precompiled form.

 % ftp tsx-11.mit.edu
 > cd /pub/ALPHA/gcc/private
 > bin
 > get gcc-2.7.2.binary.tar.gz
 > quit
 % cd /
 % tar xfz ~/gcc-2.7.2.binary.tar.gz