6.38. Installing Gzip-1.2.4a

Estimated build time:           1 minute
Estimated required disk space:  1 MB

6.38.1. Installation of Gzip

Install Gzip by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
cp gzexe.in gzexe.in.backup &&
sed 's%"BINDIR"%/bin%' gzexe.in.backup > gzexe.in &&
make &&
make install &&
cd /usr/bin &&
mv gzip /bin &&
rm gunzip zcat &&
cd /bin &&
ln -sf gzip gunzip &&
ln -sf gzip zcat &&
ln -sf gunzip uncompress

6.38.2. Contents of gzip-1.2.4a

6.38.3. Dependencies

Gzip-1.2.4a needs the following to be installed:


bash: sh
binutils: as, ld, nm
fileutils: chmod, cp, install, ln, mv, rm
gcc: cc1, collect2, cpp, cpp0, gcc
grep: egrep, grep
make: make
sed: sed
sh-utils: hostname
textutils: cat, tr