How do I untar a tar.gz file under solaris 8?

[Sina]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to untar the webmin-0.88.tar.gz and this is the command I type.

tar zxvf webmin-0.88.tar.gz and I get bunch of option which indicates that the "Z" does not exist.

This command works fine under freebsd and linux.

Could you help?

Thank you.,

 

[jimbopalmer]

.gz is usually GNU ZIP, a free ware utility you can find for solaris and install

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/packages/solaris/sparc/html/GNUzip.1.2.4.html

The one thing you can't give for your heart's desire is your heart. - Lois McMaster Bujold

 

[Sina]

Thankf for the softwar, but how do I untar the file?

 

[bannylau]

Firstly, You download and install gnuzip package from

http://www.sunfreeware.com.

and use "pkgadd" to install it.
after successful installation.
and then

gunzip -c webmin-0.88.tar.gz | tar xvf -

It can be successful to install it.

 

[harris79]

Use gzip to compress the file then untar it.

/usr/bin/gzip -d webmin-0.88.tar.gz
tar xvf webmin-0.88.tar

or combine to 2 commands
/usr/bin/gzip -d webmin-0.88.tar.gz | tar xvf -

Steve

 

[Sina]

Here is the challenge.

I downloaded the gunzip file as noted in the answers and untared it. I did run the ./configure and now when I try to run the make install, I noticed that there is no make.
Also when I did the gcc, it says no gcc found.

Now when I installed the solaris, I downloaded 3 iso files. Burned them successfully on to the cd's, during the install, it asked for the first cd and it was fine, but when it got to the 2nd cd, it keeps ejecting the cd out and saying please put in the 2 cd. I have tried downloding the 2 cd over 10 times and no difference.

Could any one tell me if the source has a problem, and how can I add the make to the system so that I can compile?

Thanks very much to all of you.

Regards,

 

[bannylau]

Hi !

You should check the PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH before you compile your program.

 

[Sina]

Hi again;

I did the echo $PATH and I think the path is ok, however simply when I type make, the response is , make not found.

In linux I used to do a updatedb and then loacate to find a file, here how can I simply find if even make is there?

Thanks

ps. is it possible that is not installed and if so, how can I install it?

Thanks much

 

[harris79]

As I said, Solaris 8 includes gzip, you don't need to waste time with gunzip.

Steve

 

[harris79]

The problem with the second CD is normally caused by excessive use of the return key.

When it asks "where will you install from?" select 1 (CD) but don't press return
Disk 1 ejects automatically.

Put disk 2 in, wait a couple of seconds then press return.

Hope this helps

Steve

 

[danandita]

is your PATH contain /usr/ccs/bin directory ?

-anand

http://people.mweb.co.id/~anand/