Prepare Gzip to be compiled: ./configure --prefix=/usr Change the default installation directory for Gzip so it will be installed in the /bin directory: cp gzexe.in{,.backup} sed 's%"BINDIR"%/bin%' gzexe.in.backup > gzexe.in Continue with compiling the package: make Install the package: make install Move the Gzip binaries to the /bin directory: 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