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You can download a copy of less here. First you must choose whether you want source or binaries. It is simpler to get binaries, but binaries are available for only a few systems (see below). If you download source, you must then build the binaries. To do this, you must have a C compiler.
You must also choose which version of less you want. Generally, you should choose the version marked as RECOMMENDED.
If you have a Unix, Linux or another Unix-like system, you should download
the source and build it on your system.
Less uses autoconf to make the build process relatively painless.
Building less will work on most Unix-like systems, including
AIX,
FreeBSD,
HP/UX,
Irix,
Linux,
OSF-1,
Solaris,
SunOS,
and
Xenix.
Less will also build from source on some non-Unix systems, including
If you have one of the systems listed below, you can just download a binary copy of less, so you don't have to build it yourself from source.
Windows binaries are packaged in a zip archive.
Solaris binaries for both Sparc and x86 versions of Solaris are available at http://sunfreeware.com and at http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/packages/solaris/sparc.
NOTE: Pre-compiled MS-DOS binaries are no longer supplied for new versions of less. On Windows systems, you can use the Windows binaries above, or compile a binary from the source release.
MS-DOS binaries for OLD versions of less are packaged in a zip archive.