Untar on Solaris 9 : longlink

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I'm trying to install MySQL on a solaris 9 machine, and the version of tar on this machine apparently can't handle larger file names. The solution I've found from googling involves downloading GNU tar for solaris 9 from sunfreeware.com. However, all of their packages for solaris 9 have been moved to unixpackages.com, which requires a subscription for downloads.

Do I have any free options?

user103242

Posted 2012-03-23T02:02:13.813

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You can always just compile your own. Most GNU software is pretty easy to compile. For example:

./configure
make
make install

is the standard incantation. You may want to set a different install directory (maybe under your homedir) using the --prefix option. Run ./configure --help to see all the options.

jjlin

Posted 2012-03-23T02:02:13.813

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Yay. I wonder why none of the tutorials or forums I saw suggested that. – None – 2012-03-23T05:08:54.237

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