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trypticon@SAFe-mail.net writes:

> I'm having trouble installing firefox on freebsd-4.10. When i try to install it it gives me this error: 
> 
> /usr/libexec/elf/ld: cannot find -lXcursor
> gmake[2]: *** [libgtkxtbin.so] Error 1
> gmake[2]: Leaving Directory '/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla
> /widget/src/gtkxtbin'
> gmake[1]: *** [tier_9] Error 2
> gmake[1]: Leaving Directory`/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla'
> gmake: *** [default] Error 2
> *** Error code 2
> 
> any help would be appreciated.

Had you done a build before this? 
It looks like the problem is in the build part, not the install.

Are your ports up-to-date?  
There have been some major changes in the port since the release of
FreeBSD 4.10.