Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:27:45 -0400 From: "C. Ulrich" <dincht@securenym.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cross-compiling Linux apps on FreeBSD Message-ID: <200310152130.h9FLU7V04885@anon.securenym.net> In-Reply-To: <20031015003825.GA49177@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <200310150005.h9F05T829532@anon.securenym.net> <20031015003825.GA49177@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 20:38, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 08:04:24PM -0400, C. Ulrich wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was wondering if there is any way (preferably an easy way) to build > > Linux applications from source on FreeBSD with the intention of running > > them in FreeBSD. > > It's not completely straightforward, but you can install the > linux_devtools port, then chroot to /compat/linux and run /bin/bash, > then compile things from there as normal. You'll have to install > whatever other packages are needed to compile your software. Thanks! I will definitely look into that. > > My conundrum is this: I want to be able to use a Java (and perhaps > > Flash) plugin with Firebird on my FreeBSD workstation. From what I > > understand, a native FreeBSD Java web browser plugin doesn't quite exist > > and isn't likely to in the near future. > > That's incorrect..there are several. Hrm. After doing some looking around on the mailing lists, I was under the assumption that there weren't or that they were unusable. I'd greatly appreciate it if you could point me to them. Thanks! Charles Ulrich -- http://bityard.net
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