Doing 6 tests (3 compress, 3 uncompress) ...

If there's a problem, things might stop at this point.

/usr/bin/bzip2 -1  < sample1.ref > sample1.rb2

/usr/bin/bzip2 -2  < sample2.ref > sample2.rb2

/usr/bin/bzip2 -3  < sample3.ref > sample3.rb2

/usr/bin/bzip2 -d  < sample1.bz2 > sample1.tst

/usr/bin/bzip2 -d  < sample2.bz2 > sample2.tst

/usr/bin/bzip2 -ds < sample3.bz2 > sample3.tst

cmp sample1.bz2 sample1.rb2 

cmp sample2.bz2 sample2.rb2

cmp sample3.bz2 sample3.rb2

cmp sample1.tst sample1.ref

cmp sample2.tst sample2.ref

cmp sample3.tst sample3.ref

If you got this far and the 'cmp's didn't complain, it looks

like you're in business.  

To install in /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/man and 

/usr/local/include, type

   make install

To install somewhere else, eg, /xxx/yyy/{bin,lib,man,include}, type 

   make install PREFIX=/xxx/yyy

If you are (justifiably) paranoid and want to see what 'make install'

is going to do, you can first do

   make -n install                      or

   make -n install PREFIX=/xxx/yyy      respectively.

The -n instructs make to show the commands it would execute, but

not actually execute them.

Instructions for use are in the preformatted manual page, in the file

bzip2.txt.  For more detailed documentation, read the full manual.  

It is available in Postscript form (manual.ps), PDF form (manual.pdf),

and HTML form (manual.html).

You can also do "bzip2 --help" to see some helpful information. 

"bzip2 -L" displays the software license.