bzip install problem

[Eric Zumwalt_2]

Hi,

I'm trying to install bzip on my HP-UX 11.0 system and I seem to be having a problem getting it to work.

I untared my bzip-0.21.tar file.

Then when I try to bzip a test file I get this error.

# bzip test
sh: bzip: Execute permission denied.

I've set full permissions. Any ideas how to fix this.

Thanks.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Did you download the source code. You may have to compile it,

Try this location for compiled bzip,

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Misc/bzip2-1.0.2/

Hope this helps.

regds

[Eric Zumwalt_2]

Thanks for the response. I download the new source that you suggested. I installed the depot file which completed successfully with now errors..

I still am having the same problem though.


# bzip test
sh: bzip: Execute permission denied.

[Sanjay_6 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I just installed the product on my server and it works fine. the location for the binary is /usr/local/bin/bzip2. Use the complete path in your command. Check for permissions.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Steven E. Protter]

Execute the command with the full path of the bzip command.

You may have multple copies if the bzip file on your system.

SEP

[Eric Zumwalt_2]

Thanks for your help. It does work when I put the full path. Is there a way to execute bzip2 without putting in the full path? On my other servers I don't have to put the full path.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

You can export your path variable and add /usr/local/bin to your path. you can add this as the first location to search for executable,

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

or

PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
export PATH

Take your pick.

After this,

# type bzip2
/usr/local/bin/bzip2

bzip2 is in your path.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Eric Zumwalt_2]

Well that worked.

Thanks for all of your help. I really appreciate it.

Eric