Rite of Passage

[rachaelz]

Hello All-

OK I've decided that getting Solaris up and running as a web server is turning into a rite of passage for me. The main trouble is this darned gzip. I've untared the utility and have configured it with no complaints and now am trying to use ./Makefile. I receive an error stating that the following cannot be found:
srcdir
VPATH
CC
ASCPP
INSTALL
Alright, seems I'm not working in the right directory... or is it something else? I'm so close to getting gzip up but just can't seem to get it rolling. Any suggestions?

-Rachael



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[dieselboy]

For solaris... befor you can use the makefile system you need to install other components... lets take this a step at a time..

1) first download the gzip.xxx.local file from ftp.nce.sun.ca..
2) use your pkgadd utility to install it..

from /tmp "pkgadd -d ./gzip.xxx.local
it will ask you what packages to add you type the number 1

it will add gzip then you will need to install gcc from same ftp site but now you can install gzip files and un zip with gunzip..

do not type ./Makefile ... you will have to only type "make" in the directory that the Makefile lives in... if you unpacked it correctly it will be local...

any questions? Feel free to email me at fish@potomacanglers.com

lates

diesel

[rachaelz]

Thanks for the help. Solaris is proving significantly different than Linux. I'll run through the steps and let you know how it turned out.

Thanks

[bytemare]

Did the binary that I emailed you not work??????

sunfreeware should have everything you need in binary format as well.. just download the files and then do pkgadd -d <path.to.your.file>

[rachaelz]

I didn't receive the email. Which address did you send it to? I actually have gzip installed now. Thanks for checking back.

-Rach