To install a binary distribution, cd to the main directory and unpack the archive while preserving the stored directory structure. In concrete, to install a ZIP archive under DOS with PKunzip, type
C:\> pkunzip -d archive
where archive is the name of the distribution file. To install a TGZ archive under a UNIX compatible system, become root, then extract the archive from the root of the filesystem:
# tar xzf archive.tar.gz
If you are using a `tar' utility other than GNU tar, it might be necessary to do the above in two steps:
# gzip -d archive.tar.gz # tar xf archive.tar
Binary distributions include `libgcc.' and `specs', files that are normally part of gcc. If you have gcc installed, they will be replaced unless you manually install the archive.