From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 10 14:51:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA29639 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:51:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA29609 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:51:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA25910; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:50:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:50:44 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Aaron Parmelee cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: running linux software on freebsd In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981110150325.00971430@net66.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Aaron Parmelee wrote: > i have netscape and wordperfect for linux on cd. will they work on > freebsd? Sure. > do i have to do anything "special" to get them to work, etc.? You have to set up the linux emulator, which involves: 1. Installing the emulators/linux_lib port 2. Running 'linux' as root > if there is a chapter in the freebsd handbook that covers this, let me > know... I think there is. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message