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Date:      Sun, 20 Jan 2002 13:19:12 -0500
From:      leegold <leegold@operamail.com>
To:        Ray Kohler <rkohler1@cox.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: emacs will not start
Message-ID:  <3C5AA2C6@operamail.com>

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I didn't install, nor do I want at this X-windows
on my pc. why is emacs asking for an x library?

I'm new to emacs I assumed it was text based
like vi is(?)





>===== Original Message From Ray Kohler <rkohler1@cox.rr.com> =====
>On Saturday 19 January 2002 11:18 pm, leegold wrote:
>> I installed emacs from the packages.
>> I then typed # emacs and got the following error message:
>>
>> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: shared object "libXaw.so.6" not found
>>
>> and emacs does not open. Can anyone help me fix this?
>> I may not have the errmessage exactly but the above is the
>> gist of it. FreeBSD 4.4
>
>Well, libXaw is part of XFree86, but now it's at 7, not 6. So
>either:
>1) your X is newer than the package (in which case you ought to
>uninstall the emacs package and build it from the port instead) or
>2) your X installation is goofed up (in which case you ought to
>reinstall X from ports).
>
>What does "ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw*" show? If you get some
>files (not counting the ones with "3d" in their names), then you
>should do option 1 above, if not, do option 2.
>
>--
>Ray Kohler
>"It's not just a computer -- it's your hiney."
>		-- Cal Keegan


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