G.Beekmans. "Linux From Scratch", Version 6.7, 2010. 6.45. Gzip-1.4

6.45. Gzip-1.4

The Gzip package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 3.3 MB

6.45.1. Installation of Gzip

Prepare Gzip for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Move some programs that do not need to be on the root filesystem:

mv -v /bin/{gzexe,uncompress,zcmp,zdiff,zegrep} /usr/bin
mv -v /bin/{zfgrep,zforce,zgrep,zless,zmore,znew} /usr/bin

Installed programs: gunzip, gzexe, gzip, uncompress, zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zegrep, zfgrep, zforce, zgrep, zless, zmore, and znew

gunzip	Decompresses gzipped files
gzexe	Creates self-decompressing executable files
gzip	Compresses the given files using Lempel-Ziv (LZ77) coding
uncompress	Decompresses compressed files
zcat	Decompresses the given gzipped files to standard output
zcmp	Runs cmp on gzipped files
zdiff	Runs diff on gzipped files
zegrep	Runs egrep on gzipped files
zfgrep	Runs fgrep on gzipped files
zforce	Forces a `.gz` extension on all given files that are gzipped files, so that gzip will not compress them again; this can be useful when file names were truncated during a file transfer
zgrep	Runs grep on gzipped files
zless	Runs less on gzipped files
zmore	Runs more on gzipped files
znew	Re-compresses files from compress format to gzip format—`.Z` to `.gz`