Please read the files (especially README.Makefiles) in the husky-common-package FIRST! Unix: ----- 0. the smapi and the fidoconfig package is required for sqPack. 1. Put sqPack in the directory where the other packages of fido linux reside: /usr/src/packages/ -> smapi/ -> fidoconfig/ -> sqpack/ 2. Determine which makefile you need to use then compile and install fidoconfig using selected makefile, as following examples: Ex.1 (use platfom-specific makefile): $ make -f makefile.lnx $ make -f makefile.lnx install Ex.2 (use common makefile and ../huskymak.cfg): $ make $ make install You're ready. If you have a working fidoconfig, you can now purge MsgBases under unix.