Getting the Software

The starting place for all things Slash is http://slashcode.com/, the Slashcode web site. Slash-based, naturally, it serves as a community newspaper for Slash site administrators and operators, and is the definitive source of the most up-to-date information about installing and maintaining Slash. After your site is up and running, submit a “YASS” (Yet Another Slash Site) announcement for free advertising. For now, simply locate and download the latest stable release.

The current stable release of Slash is always available for download from SourceForge. This is a free service for open source projects, funded by Slashdot’s parent organization. The Slash developers use SourceForge for development mailing lists, bug tracking, and download services. The Slash project page on SourceForge is at http://sourceforge.net/projects/slashcode/. (Slashcode’s Quick Links Slashbox has a convenient link to this page.) Scroll down to “Latest File Releases” and choose the Download link for “slashcode”. (“Slashcode-dev” is the latest development version for the next release and may not be stable enough for regular use.) As of this writing, the current stable release is Slash 2.2.3, with a development release of 2.3.0.

The most recent version of Slash will appear at the top, with older versions following in reverse order. The version numbers in the “Release & Notes” column are links to the README file for each release. The filenames, of the form slash- VERSION .tar.gz, are links ...

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