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I want to preface this with I am new to Linux. I am trying to install some libraries (and a program that depends on them) on an embedded Linux server running Busybox v1.20.2. I am not able to run ./configure on them, the cause I found being that there is no C compiler on this version.

A coworker more experienced in Linux has said that "it doesn't make sense" that were wouldn't/couldn't be one. But, it looks like that is indeed the case. How could I go about setting up a tar.gz on the system?

Worthwelle
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Mr. Mojo Risin
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Busybox is used for small and limited performance / use and embedded systems. They often don't have compilers on them.

You may be able to untar the files on the system using 

gzip -d tarfile.tar.gz  <---- uncompresses.

or

gunzip tarfile.tar.gz

then

tar -xvf tarfile.tar    <---- extracts the files.

It's possible tar and gzip / gunzip are also not available.

The tar file will have to contain binaries suitable for the system you're putting them on.

If they contain source code, there would be no point putting them on to the Linux device. They will have to be compiled, and for embedded systems that usually means cross compiled. i.e. you would have to have a development environment set up for the embedded Linux somewhere else, and setting up an embedded development environment goes way beyond the scope of this answer.

Colin
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