i need gunzip

[daydok]

please pardon the ignorance. im just getting into unix, and the first thing i realized is that i need gunzip on a lot of files i want to download. i have downloaded gzip-1.3.5.tar from sunfreeware, but cannot figure out how to make it work. i did the "tar -xvf gzip-1.3.5.tar" command, which created a gzip-1.3.5 directory. i read the install document that got created, and i guess i'm not reading it right. it said to run the "./configure" command. i did - but i guess it can't find a compiler or something? (cc?) here's my question: i can't run the gcc compiler that i downloaded, since i also need to gunzip it, correct? and i can't seem to make an executable copy of gunzip, unless i have a compiler. i searched my drive, and the only cc i found was "/usr/ucb/cc". i copied it over to the gzip-1.3.5 directory, but got an error message that the "C compiler cannot make executables". what should i do? solaris 8, sunblade 100. thanks! daydok1@attbi.com

 

[KenCunningham]

I'd suggest downloading the pre-compiled version of gunzip from

http://www.sunfreeware.com,

though I did think that Solaris 8 came with gunzip as standard? Put it in /usr/local and it works right out of the box. You'll then be able to do the necessary with gcc (though I must admit I downloaded the precompiled version of that too!).

HTH.

 

[daydok]

ken, thanks for the quick reply. when you say precompiled, you mean: "ftp://ftp.sunfreeware.com/pub/freeware/sparc/8/gzip-1.3.5-sol8-sparc-local"
right? i'm kinda slow, so if you don't mind telling me how to properly do it. when i click on the link, it opens up like a text file. am i doing something wrong? do i somehow copy this file to the /usr/bin? how do i do that, if you don't mind. thanks, man.

 

[daydok]

ok, so i figured how to save the pre-compiled file, and then i ran "pkgadd -d" in front of it to make it install under "/usr/local". now, when i run gunzip or gzip on the file that i downloaded, (gunzip file.tar.gz | tar -xvf), it says the following error:

"gunzip: syntax error at line 1: `(' unexpected".

i googled the term and came back with one reply, that it's an architecture error. what does that mean? thanks again.

 

[KenCunningham]

No problem. There's a difference between being slow and being unsure!!

The version I downloaded is at:

http://soldc.sun.com/freeware/details/detail_gzip_1.3.3_8_SPARC.html

If you go to the bottom of that page you'll see the binary version of the package which you can download to your machine. There are also installation instructions there. I installed my copy to /usr/local and haven't had any problem with it. You can link it to cc, which should give you a working copy of the compiler. I think there have been other bits and pieces about this in this forum - try a keyword search for gcc. Let us know how you get on. Cheers.

 

[KenCunningham]

Sorry, we've obviously cross-posted. An architechture error sounds like a problem with the version of gunzip and your hardware. I suggest you try installing the version I mention above. HTH.

 

[daydok]

you're right - i got it to work now. thanks so much!!!