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> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:19:26 +0530
> From: "Arun kumar" <arun.chellam@gmail.com>
> 
>    I want to install emacs, so i downloaded  "emacs-21.4a.tar" from the ftp
> site.
> 
> As i am new to this,let me know how should i proceed with to install this in
> my solaris box..

Unpack it like this:

       gunzip -c emacs-21.4a.tar.gz | tar xf -

Then read the file emacs-21.4/INSTALL, which explains how to build
and install Emacs.