Here is how to get pre-compiled GNU tools for your solaris 2 host; enjoy:

I. PRE-COMPLIED SPARC GNU TOOLS BINARIES

 The ftp directory camus.quintus.com:pub/GNU contains various GNU programs for
 Solaris2.X running on sparc. These are packaged to enable installation using   
 pkgadd.
 
 The following packages are available:
 
 	Package		Name			Version			Size
 	-------		----			-------			----
 
 	FSFemacs	GNU emacs		19.19			8.6Mb
 	FSFgcc		GNU gcc			2.5.8			7.4Mb
 	FSFperl		Perl 			4.036			1.2Mb
 	FSFtools	GNU tools		2			3.9Mb
 
 FSFtools comprises the following programs:
 
 	Program		Version
 	-------		-------
 	gawk		2.15.4
 	bison		1.22
 	diffutils	2.6
 	grep		2.0
 	gzip		1.2.4
 	make		3.70
 	patch		2.1
 	rcs		5.6.0.1
 	sed		2.03
 	tar		1.11.2
 	texinfo		3.1
 
 All tools were compiled with gcc on Solaris2.3.
 
 The packages are in gzip-ed pkgadd (datastream) format.
 Having retrieved the files you require, unpack by:
 
 	gunzip {package}.gz
 	pkgadd -d {package} {package}
 
 A copy of gunzip is available in this directory in case you need it. See
 below for gzip, also.

II. PRE-COMPLIED GNU GCC-2.5.6, GZIP, AND BUILD TOOLS FOR GCC-2.5.8


Here is how to get GNU gcc for your Solaris 2 SPARCstation:

1. ftp prep.ai.mit.edu (This is the HOME of GNU!)
	cd /pub/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2
	bin
	mget gzip-binaries-1.2.2.tar gcc-binaries-2.5.6.tar.gz INSTALL.gcc
	cd /pub/gnu
	mget bison-1.22.tar.gz make-3.70.tar.gz gcc-2.5.8.tar.gz

	This gets you the precompiled binaries for gzip and gcc-2.5.6 and files
	needed to build gcc-2.5.8.

2. move all the files to /usr/local. Gzip and gcc binaries expect to be in that
   directory to work properly.

3. tar xvf gzip-binaries-1.2.2.tar
4. follow instructions for installing on your system.
	Be sure the gnu zcat is in your search path before the system zcat.

5. zcat gcc-binaries-2.5.6.tar.gz | tar xvf -
	This creates the precompiled gcc-2.5.6 compiler
	folow intructions for installation.

6. zcat  bison-1.22.tar.gz | tar xvf -
	Build & install bison. Required to build gcc-2.5.8.

7. zcat make-370.tar.gz | tar xvf -
	Build & install gnu make. Required to build gcc-2.5.8.

8. zcat gcc-2.5.8.tar.gz | tar xvf -
	Build & install gcc-2.5.8

You should be up and running in a day.



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