Appendix B. Installing Required 3rd-Party System Software

Source Code Distribution

If you are installing source code for Advanced Khoros, you may need to acquire the following programs.

The gzip / gunzip Programs

You must have the gzip/gunzip programs just to get started (before you can run kinstall).

File Locations

On the Khoros ftp site (ftp.khoral.com; 198.59.155.28), these programs are contained in the file: /pub/dist/gnu/gzip1.2.4.shar

Instructions

Copy this file to the desired installation directory (we recommend /usr/local/gnu).

Change your working directory to this directory.


> cd <install dir.>

The file is packed in shell archive format. To unpack it, type:


> sh gzip-1.2.4.shar

When this is done you will see a newly created directory, gzip-1.2.4, containing the unpacked source code files. Change to this directory.


> cd gzip-1.2.4

This directory contains files called README and INSTALL which contain detailed instructions for completing the installation. The short summary of the necessary commands follows:


> ./configure

> make

> make install


The Rest of the Required 3rd-Party Software

Depending on your platform, the kinstall script may offer you the option of installing source code versions of the rest of the required 3rd-party software.

Note that you must install this 3rd-party software before you run the kbuild script.

File Locations

When you ran the kinstall script, it asked you which directory to install into. In the third-party directory you will find (depending on what you installed) the following files (and maybe others):

binutils26.tgz gcc272.tgz groff110.tgz make374.tgz perl14036.tgz

Instructions

Follow these instructions below for each of these files.


Important: If you wish to install groff, you must first install make, gcc, and libg++.

Unzip and untar all the files, as in the example below.


> zcat binutils26.tgz | tar xf-

Each directory created contains a file called README and/or INSTALL which contains detailed instructions for completing the installation. The short summary of the necessary commands follows:


> ./configure

> make

> make install


Note: The command sequence is a little different for perl. See the perl README file.


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