Install Gzip by running the following commands:
root:gzip-1.2.4a# ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-nls
root:gzip-1.2.4a# make LDFLAGS=-static
root:gzip-1.2.4a# make prefix=$LFS/usr install
root:gzip-1.2.4a# cd $LFS/usr/bin
root:bin# cp gunzip gzip $LFS/bin
root:bin# rm gunzip gzip
This package is known to cause compilation problems on certain platforms. If you're having trouble compiling this package as well, you can download a patch from http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/download/gzip-1.2.4a.patch.gz
Install this patch by running the following command:
root:gzip-1.2.4a# patch -Np1 -i ../gzip-1.2.4a.patch
Now recompile the package using the same commands as above.
The Gzip package contains the gunzip, gzexe, gzip, zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zforece, 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 you run them (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 screenful at a time on a soft-copy terminal (similar to the more program).
Znew recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format.