Thanks a lot for the fast answers to my questions to:
Arrigo Triulzi
Steve VanDevender
Anthony Talltree
>
> What is the impact on DU when installing GNU tools, especially
>
> 1. Are the utilities (textutils) installed separatly to DU binaries?
>
Yes, you can choose where they go by using ./configure
--prefix=/somewhere, the default is /usr/local
>
> 2. Is it possible to install only targeted tools?
>
Yes, you run make and then make install <package>
>
> 3. Could a clean de-installation be considered?
>
By default all GNU software installs under /usr/local (binaries
in /usr/local/bin, data files in /usr/local/share or
/usr/local/lib, etc.).
So it is possible to de-install by deleting the targeted files
>
> 4. Is there any conflicts or impacts on DU?
>
Files are installed separatly, so it should not produce any conflict. Even
some tools are working better than the DU Version (M4,...)
>
> 5. Is a C (GNU) compiler required?
>
Not necessarily but for some programs like emacs you do. If you have
to get gcc make sure that you grab the latest version
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