The G-Kermit package provides a Unix program for transferring files with the Kermit protocol.
The source distribution unpacks to the current directory. In order to avoid cluttering up the folder where the tarball was originally downloaded to, unpack it in the following way:
mkdir -v gkermit && cd gkermit && tar -xvf ../gku201.tar.gz
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All the proceeding instructions on this page should be followed
in this gkermit/ directory. Once
you are done installing this package, you may navigate out of
this directory.
Next, apply a patch to fix some implicit declarations leading to a build failure:
patch -Np1 -i ../gkermit-2.01-fix-implicit-declaration.patch
Install gkermit by executing the following commands:
rm -vf gproto.c && make -j1
Now as the root user:
make BINDIR=/usr/bin MANDIR=/usr/share/man/man1 \
TEXTDIR=/usr/share/doc/gkermit-2.01 install &&
mv -v /usr/share/man/man1/gkermit.l /usr/share/man/man1/gkermit.1
rm -vf gproto.c: This command deletes a stray autogenerated file to ensure a working build.
make -j1: This command builds the package using only one thread to ensure there is no race condition.