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Welcome to the February 1996 GNU CDROM!
This disc contain the source code for the GNU distributions from
prep.ai.mit.edu (and mirrored at ftp.cdrom.com) in /pub/gnu, as well
as binaries for SunOS 4.1.4, Solaris 2.3 hosts. Also provided are
MS-DOS binaries for a subset of the GNU utilities.
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Quick Start Instructions:
To mount the CDROM on a 4.1.* system:
% mount -r -t hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom
To mount the CDROM on a Solaris system:
% mount -r -F hsfs /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /cdrom
To mount the CDROM on a FreeBSD or NetBSD system:
% mount -t cd9660 -r /dev/cd0a /cdrom
To mount the CDROM on a Linux system:
% mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /cdrom
On MS-DOS systems, insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive and reference
the disc with its normal drive letter (typically D: or E:).
There are three methods for installing the binaries:
1) create links from your /usr/local to the CDROM
2) copy the CDROM to your /usr/local
3) install individual packages from the CDROM to /usr/local
Note that all the binaries expect to be loaded into /usr/local. If this is
not correct for your system, you should recompile the sources rather than
copy the programs to a new location since many programs expect to find
auxiliary files under /usr/local.
Method 1.
This method should be used only when you have a shortage of disk space. A
CDROM is much slower than a hard disk drive and this will cause the
programs to load slower than normal. If disk space is tight but not a
serious problem, try method three and only install what you need. You must
also make sure that the CDROM is mounted whenever you are using the
programs.
Make sure that you are running as root on your system and change to
the sun414/bin or solaris/bin directory on the CDROM. You then
execute the script 'install-link' like this:
sh ./install-link
When the script is done, make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your path and
you should be on your way!
Method 2.
Copying everything to your hard disk gives you the added speed of
accessing the hard disk rather than the CDROM. This method does not
give you any control over which programs are installed. The best
method is method 3.
Make sure that you are running as root on your system and change to
the sun414/bin or solaris/bin directory on the CDROM. You then
execute the script 'install-copy' like this:
sh ./install-copy
When the script has completed, make sure that /usr/local/bin is in
your path.
Method 3:
This is the most flexible method for installing programs to your hard
disk.
Log in or su to root and change to the appropriate sun414/bin or
solaris/bin directory on the CDROM. If you execute the install script
without any arguments you will get a list of the packages available to
be installed. If you execute the install script using one of the
available package names as an argument you will install that package.
For example, to install sed-2.05 you might type:
sh ./install sed-2.05.bin.tar.gz
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Here is a list of some important files and directories on the disc.
readme.txt This file.
00global.txt Global index of this disc
diffs/ Source code diffs for the patch program to update
existing releases to current.
docs/ Documentation regarding these discs
src/ Source code for the GNU utilities.
filename.txt Listing of all the files on this disc.
ls-lR ls -lR of this disc.
msdos/ MS-DOS binaries
sun414/ SunOS 4.1.4 libraries and binaries.
solaris/ Solaris 2.3 libraries and binaries.
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Disclaimer
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including any written by Walnut Creek. You, not Walnut Creek CDROM,
assume all risk of using any of the files on this CDROM. We reserve
the right to limit any effort on our part to rectify problems with
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We cannot accept any responsibility or liability in the event that
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loss or thinning of the hair. As with any new software, make sure
that you back up your system regularly so that you can recover from
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their respective owners.
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Copyright
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