Newbie would like help installing a third party package.

[Jeff Thomas_1]

Hi, and thanks in advance for reading.

I am trying to install the tcp_wrappers software from porcupine.org, but since there are no instructions, I am having difficulty doing so. Does anyone know where I can get instructions to do so?

Thanks.

[Rob Smith]

Hi, if this package is not in depot format then you will have to compile it yourself. If you just have the standard Hewlett Packard C complier then you will have problems. You really need the HP Ansi C Compiler which is optional and costs $$$. You can download the GNU C compiler for free from http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/. Hope this helps.

Rob

[Steffi Jones_1]

Hi Jeff,

I checked the webpage for the format of the file you download. It is .....tar.gz.
So here are the instructions on how to handle the installation based on the endings I see in the filename:

1) ftp the file to /tmp on the unix box
2) gunzip .tar.gz
3) tar xvf .tar

You should set the ftp session to binary mode otherwise you will have trouble using gunzip and tar.

Hope that helps, Steffi Jones