Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 09:57:15 +1100 (EST) From: Richard Lyon <rlyon@ozemail.com.au> To: Charlie Sorsby <crs@hamlet.lanl.gov> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More questions about mosaic Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961203095038.174A-100000@rlyon.mynet.au> In-Reply-To: <9612020532.AA11337@hamlet.lanl.gov.lanl.gov>
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On Sun, 1 Dec 1996, Charlie Sorsby wrote: > > Is it possible to run mosaic without buying a Motif license? > > Can one, perhaps, obtain a pre-compiled executable? > > I tried using pkg_add while connected with ppp to my ISP. There is > a Mosaic present but: > > PC% which Mosaic > /usr/X11R6/bin/Mosaic > PC% Mosaic > ld.so failed: Can't find shared library "libpng.so.0.88" > PC% > > I recall seeing a post about some other Motif-dependent code having > a similar problem because it had been compiled with dynamic rather > than static libraries (inadvertently) in 2.1.5R. Is that also the > case with Mosaic? What must I do to work around the problem? > Apparently that was possible with the other program but I'd already > passed the article when I realized that the problem may be similar > and now I can't find it. > I don't think libpng.so.x.xxx is part of motif. All the motif libraries on my machine are dynamic and I can't find this library. There is a precompiled version of netscape available for intel bsd that runs very well. The nescape browser is definitely better than mosaic. Regards Richard ...
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