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# Installing Bzip2-1.0.2

    Estimated build time:           0.1 SBU
    Estimated required disk space:  6 MB

## Contents of Bzip2

(Last checked against version 1.0.2.)

Bzip2 is a block-sorting file compressor which generally achieves a better compression than the traditional `gzip` does.

Bzip2 installs the following files:

### Program Files

bunzip2 (link to bzip2), bzcat (link to bzip2), bzcmp, bzdiff, bzegrep, bzfgrep, bzgrep, bzip2, bzip2recover, bzless and bzmore

### Library Files

libbz2.a, libbz2.so (link to libbz2.so.1.0), libbz2.so.1.0 (link to libbz2.so.1.0.2) and libbz2.so.1.0.2

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## Bzip2 Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 1.0.1.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: ar, as, ld, ranlib
Coreutils: cp, ln, rm
GCC: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Make: make

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## Installation of Bzip2

The Bzip2 package doesn't contain a `configure` script. Compile and install it with a straightforward:

    make PREFIX=/tools install

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