Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 05:48:36 -0400 From: "Donald J. Maddox" <root@cola41.scsn.net> To: ashworth@cs.montana.edu Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Motif? Message-ID: <19970519054836.18406@cola41.scsn.net> In-Reply-To: <337F8332.91CC57FA@spacehog.structured.net>; from Justin Ashworth on Sun, May 18, 1997 at 10:31:14PM %2B0000 References: <337F8332.91CC57FA@spacehog.structured.net>
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On Sun, May 18, 1997 at 10:31:14PM +0000, Justin Ashworth wrote:
> Is there any way to make use of ports that require Motif without
> actually going out and buying the package from DEC? Will Motif even run
> on FreeBSD? Nedit and GIMP both require Motif, and those would be handy
> ports to have. Is there a workaround for this? I recall having installed
> Nedit on a non-Motif'd FreeBSD box in the past and it ran without any
> problems. The port didn't require Motif back then. I've tried commenting
> out the line that says Motif is required, but it still pukes. I've tried
> installing lesstif to see if that could work as a replacement but it
> doesn't.
>
> Any ideas?
Most ports that require Motif are also available as packages that are
statically linked with Motif, so you can install the package and run it
without having Motif installed on your system.
Motif _is_ available for FreeBSD for ~$150 from XiG. I believe the
url is http://www.xinside.com/.
--
Donald J. Maddox
(dmaddox@scsn.net)
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