[Sunhelp] GCC Install

[The Archimage]

Try renaming the downloaded file with a .gz extension, then gunzip it. 
Netscape likes to rename gz files, but it forgets to gunzip them first!

The Archimage

Brdersen Jacob K Civ ACC/DRKI wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been trying in vain for the past week to download and install a C
> compiler from www.sunfreeware.com onto my Ultra 1 140.  I used Netscape to
> download the compiled and gzipped binary to my hard drive.  When I look at
> the file, Netscape has truncated the file name and removed the .gz suffix.
> 
> I have tried to use gunzip, but the program says the file is not in gzip
> format.  Assuming Netscape unzipped it for me, I have tried to use pkgadd to
> add it, but that doesn't seem to work either.  The sunfreeware files used to
> be tarred as well, but there is no .tar in the filename.
> 
> I have successfully installed this software on my Sparc 2 earlier this year,
> but have obviously forgotten exactly how I did it.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jake
> 
> Jacob K. Brdersen III
> Principal Engineer, Sverdrup Technology, Inc.
> HQ ACC/DRKI
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