Prepare Gzip to be compiled: patch -Np1 -i ../gzip-&gzip-patch-version;.patch && ./configure --prefix=/usr && cp gzexe.in{,.backup} && sed 's%"BINDIR"%/bin%' gzexe.in.backup > gzexe.in Continue with compiling the package: make And finish off installing the package: make install Move the Gzip binaries to the root partition: mv /usr/bin/gzip /bin && rm /usr/bin/{gunzip,zcat} && ln -s gzip /bin/gunzip && ln -s gzip /bin/zcat && ln -s gunzip /bin/uncompress patch -Np1 -i ../gzip-1.2.4b.patch: This patch fixes a buffer overflow that occurs when a filename is longer than 1020 characters. cp gzexe.in{,.backup} && sed 's%"BINDIR"%/bin%' gzexe.in.backup > gzexe.in Change the default installation directory for Gzip so it will be installed on the root partition.