Installing Bzip2-1.0.2

Estimated build time:           0.1 SBU
Estimated required disk space:  6 MB

Contents of Bzip2

(Last checked against version 1.0.2.)

Bzip2 is a block-sorting file compressor which generally achieves a better compression than the traditional gzip does.

Bzip2 installs the following files:

Program Files

bunzip2 (link to bzip2), bzcat (link to bzip2), bzcmp, bzdiff, bzegrep, bzfgrep, bzgrep, bzip2, bzip2recover, bzless and bzmore

Library Files

libbz2.a, libbz2.so (link to libbz2.so.1.0), libbz2.so.1.0 (link to libbz2.so.1.0.2) and libbz2.so.1.0.2

Bzip2 Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 1.0.1.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: ar, as, ld, ranlib
Coreutils: cp, ln, rm
GCC: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Make: make

Installation of Bzip2

The Bzip2 package doesn't contain a configure script. Compile and install it with a straightforward:

make PREFIX=/tools install