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Date:      Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:32:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Tougas <drtougas@telusplanet.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: problems installing ports...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904091630460.28562-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000001be8299$9f000b60$26d0b8a1@damien>

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On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Tougas wrote:

> Here is the problem:
> After installing FreeBSD, I proceeded to install some of the ports I wanted.
> I did this by copying the tarballs to the /usr/ports/distfiles directory and
> doing the 'make install' procedure.  This worked fine.  Afterwards, I
> decided to install another port, however, the version on my CD was older
> than the version I wanted.  I downloaded and installed the 227update.tgz
> using pkg_add (I understand this is to allow me to use the newer ports on my
> older version of FreeBSD).  I downloaded the updated port skeleton and
> installed it over the older skeleton, and I downloaded the tarball and again
> placed it in the /usr/ports/distfiles directory.  Now when I attempt to
> install the port, the 'make install' procedure does not find the tarball. 

Can you be more specific?  Please list error message(s).

> Another Question:
> I have tried installing precompiled packages a couple of times, but every
> time I try to run the program it says that an elf library is missing from
> /usr/libexec.  Where do I find these elf libraries? Does this mean that the
> program is actually compiled for linux and that I need to be running in
> linux emulation mode?

You're trying to install 3.X packages on a 2.2.X system.  Only install
2.2.X packages on 2.2.X systems.  3.X uses a different binary format.

Doug White                               
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