Installing Gzip-1.2.4a

Estimated build time:           0.04 SBU
Estimated required disk space:  2 MB

Contents of Gzip

Last checked against version 1.2.4a.

The gzip package contains programs to compress and decompress files using the Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77).

Gzip installs the following:

Program Files

gunzip (link to gzip), gzexe, gzip, uncompress (link to gunzip), zcat (link to gzip), zcmp, zdiff, zforce, zgrep, zmore and znew

 

Gzip Installation Dependencies

Last checked against version 1.2.4a.

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

 

Installation of Gzip

Prepare Gzip to be compiled:

./configure --prefix=$LFS/static

Continue with compiling the package:

make LDFLAGS="-static"

And finish off installing the package:

make install