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Install Gzip by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install && cd /usr/bin && mv gzip /bin && rm gunzip zcat && cd /bin && ln -sf gzip gunzip && ln -sf gzip zcat && ln -sf gzip compress && ln -sf gunzip uncompress
The Gzip package contains the compress, gunzip, gzexe, gzip, uncompress, zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zforce, zgrep, zmore and znew programs.
gunzip decompresses files that are compressed with gzip.
gzexe allows you to compress executables in place and have them automatically uncompress and execute when they are run (at a penalty in performance).
gzip reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77).
zcat uncompresses either a list of files on the command line or its standard input and writes the uncompressed data on standard output
zcmp invokes the cmp program on compressed files.
zdiff invokes the diff program on compressed files.
zforce forces a .gz extension on all gzip files so that gzip will not compress them twice. This can be useful for files with names truncated after a file transfer.
zgrep invokes the grep program on compressed files.
zmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text files one screen at a time on a soft-copy terminal (similar to the more program).
znew re-compresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format.
Gzip-1.2.4a needs the following to be installed:
sh from the bash package
as from the binutils package
ld from the binutils package
nm from the binutils package
chmod from the fileutils package
cp from the fileutils package
ln from the fileutils package
mv from the fileutils package
rm from the fileutils package
cc from the gcc package
grep from the grep package
make from the make package
sed from the sed package
cat from the textutils package
tr from the textutils package