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From: Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM>
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	(message from Jeffry Komala on Mon, 30 Dec 1996 00:17:09 -0800 (PST))
Subject: Re: help! can't run emacs on new installation
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>I installed freeBSD on a new machine (5x86-133, 32MB RAM, 850MB EIDE)
>;I already have one running.
>I got an error message while trying to load emacs:
>
>ld.so failed: Can't find shared library "libXmu.so.6.0"
>
>I re-ran /stand/sysinstall and chose Custom installation,
>Distribution, Custom. 
>I selected all necessary options: required bin components, freebsd 
>compatibility options, profiled shared libraries etc.
>Still, no success.
>
>where is this library? how come it is missing?
>How do I fix this without having to re-install the whole thing from 
>square one. 
>TIA.
>

This is one of the X libraries. You need to install the XFree86 libraries or
recompile emacs without X support.  For a complete list of the libraries you
will need, runn ldd on emacs.

Mark