Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!nsf From: nsf@crl.dec.com (Neil Fishman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Installing tcsh on Ultrix 4.1? Message-ID: <1991Jun26.183405.26468@crl.dec.com> Date: 26 Jun 91 18:34:05 GMT References: <45203@netnews.upenn.edu> Sender: news@crl.dec.com (USENET News System) Organization: DEC Cambridge Research Lab Lines: 37 In article , joern@imf.unit.no (Joern Amundsen) writes: > > > How do I install tcsh on DECstations running Ultrix 4.1? > > Where can I get the sources? Is there a set that is ready-made > > to compile under Ultrix? One of our users got the source from > > somewhere else on campus but I'm having problems compiling it. > > Also, the readme says that I need the sources for 4.3 BSD csh. > > I'm not sure if I have this; does it come with Ultrix? > > I looked up on the archie server and that were many places with > > tcsh, which is the best? Also, I saw already compiled binaries. > > Should I use those? But they were version specific. Am I going > > to need another version when we go to 4.2? Is it maintainable? > > Why compile when you can just copy the binaries from tesla ? > I would suggest copying a binary from tesla.ee.cornell.edu, install it in > your-local-binary, add an entry in /etc/shells and enjoy. > > From the ``FAQ.tcsh'': > Csh sources are not public domain. If you do not have an AT&T V3.2 source > licence or better, you are stuck. > > I copied the binary for use with 4.0 on our DECStation 3100, it still > works quite well after installing 4.1. Can't see why it shouldn't still work > with 4.2. > Anyway, after enjoying tcsh for a while, I switched to the GNU bash. A very > nice and powerful shell, and free. Highly recommended. > > -joern > -- You will need a new version when you move to 4.2 Changes were made in the Ultrix upgrade which cause the regular tcsh to fail. There is a patched version of the shell (which should work on 4.1) on crl in pub/misc/tcsh-5.20 If you are interested in the source patches which I posted last week, I can email those to you. -- Neil Fishman Cambridge Research Lab nsf@crl.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp.