The file SRC-m3.3.N.b.tar.gz contains a precompiled version of DEC-SRC's Modula-3 compiler release 3.3. The executables are compiled for NeXTSTEP 3.2 M68K (black hardware). To unpack the archive, su to root and execute the following command: gunzip -c SRC-m3.3.N.b.tar.gz | (cd /; tar xvf -) This will unpack the archive in the standard places under /usr/local/{lib,man,bin}/...