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# Installing Gzip-1.3.5

    Estimated build time:           0.1 SBU
    Estimated required disk space:  2 MB

## Contents of Gzip

(Last checked against version 1.2.4a.)

The gzip package contains programs to compress and decompress files using the Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77).

Gzip installs the following:

### Program Files

gunzip (link to gzip), gzexe, gzip, uncompress (link to gunzip), zcat (link to gzip), zcmp, zdiff, zforce, zgrep, zmore and znew

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## Gzip Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 1.2.4a.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: as, ld, nm
Coreutils: cat, chmod, cp, hostname, install, ln, mv, rm, tr
GCC: cc1, collect2, cpp, cpp0, gcc
Grep: egrep, grep
Make: make
Sed: sed

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## Installation of Gzip

Prepare Gzip to be compiled:

    ./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

    make

And install it:

    make install

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