Software Ports to IRIX

Introduction

I maintain ports of many packages for SGI internal use. Those that make sense (to me) I'll make available to the outside world as a courtesy. For the most part, they are only built on current releases of IRIX (this means 5.3 and 6.2), although some may run on older releases, and all of the newer ones should run on 6.3 and 6.4. The newer ones are now built as part of SGI's Freeware project, and some of these versions are newer than what is on the Freeware CDs.

Disclaimer

This software is provided without support and without any obligation on the part of Silicon Graphics, Inc. to assist in its use, correction, modification or enhancement. There is no guarantee that this software will be included in future software releases, and it probably will not be included.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF DESIGN, MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE.

Available Packages

GNU Emacs-19 packages for IRIX-4.0.5, IRIX-5.x, and IRIX-6.x
gzip, the GNU compress replacement. Gzip is a part of IRIX starting with 6.2, and was part of the Netscape package for 5.3.
perl5: "Perl, the next generation".
xntp: the NTP time protocol daemon.

That's it for right now...

The SGI Freeware Project is currently being revamped to make the software available in a more timely manner. It will take some time to happen, since the Freeware project is performed mostly on a "free-time" basis... Check out this link to the "official" Freeware distribution site (as official as Freeware gets, anyway...).

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Scott Henry <scotth@sgi.com>

Last modified: Sat Mar 22 13:40:51 1997