UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Everybody ,
I want to install some packages on sun Solaris , I download the packages it was for example openssl.tar.gz it is not data stream or sun packages , so I search and I found command called make solve this problem , but the packages of this command not found on my machine, so I download it bu it was also .tar.gz packages .
what is the solution ? how can I install those types of packages on the machine ?
Regards.

hello, check your man pages for Solaris you may already have the ability to compress or expand files on your system.

man gzip, gunzip, zcat

else The gzip home page
heres a toot Zip and unzip files on Solaris (Jyothi's Weblog)

Thank you for your response ,
it is not about the uncompressed it , it just about how to install a packages on Solaris that is not file system or data stream packages .
Thank you again.

make is a GNU utility to compile and install from source.. it reads the file called Makefile which is the part of your source file downloaded ..

there are 3 steps

1) $ ./configure it configures your sys environment ( Read the Readme or install file of the source)

2) $make ( it searches for the Makefile for set of rules and then compiles your source code to object code )

3) $make install ( it will now makes the binaries out of object code of step 2)

4) $make clean ( to clear any temp files used)

GNU didn't invent it, they just built their own version of it. Most UNIXes have their own optionally available somewhere.

Building from source also requires you to have a compiler of some sort installed, and header files. Usually these are supplied by your distributor.

yes that what I mean how can I install the make command packages, please if you have a link to it , provide me with it and how i can install it on Solaris 10 machine.

please I want a solution to this problem , I want to install the packages of open ldap and most of them are in binary form so I want to install it . thank you in advance.