di@hstbme.mit.edu (David Israel) (07/29/89)
I regularly use Gnu 18.54 on unix systems and do have the source distribution. I would also like to use it on a VAX-780 running VMS 4.7 which I use pretty often, but the system manager is not interested in installing and supporting it system-wide. I expect it would be difficult for me to install it from the source without his help. Thus I am looking for a set of executables that I could copy and run without system-level privileges for installation, etc. I need to know 1) if there is any reason I cannot do this 2) what files I will need 3) where I can get them, (preferably by FTP) 4) installation instructions, if any, for a non-VMS type My apologies if this is common knowledge. Thanks in advance for your help. David Israel (di@hstbme.mit.edu)
templon@SILVER.BACS.INDIANA.EDU (jeffrey templon) (07/30/89)
You can get the distribution from cc.utah.edu . You alos need to ftp the program DECOMPRESS.EXE since the emacs dist is compressed. Transfer them both in binary mode. There are complete instructions in the distribution for setting it up. The only thing it doesn't have is a canned handler for flow control. If you don't have one, let me know and I will send you ours. btw, the uncompressed emacs dist file is a standard VMS backup save set. get the file README to find out how to decompress it. jeff