Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:15:50 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> To: rmlessl@loyno.edu Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Ports Message-ID: <20050323221550.6cff904b@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <4241cb21.3d9.2ec0e6.11631@loyno.edu> References: <4241cb21.3d9.2ec0e6.11631@loyno.edu>
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On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:01:37 -0600 "Ryan Lessl" <rmlessl@loyno.edu> wrote: > Hello, first of all I want to say that I am enjoying using > FreeBSD 4.11 Release. I am a total novice at this but have > been learning a lot and am glad I finally canned Windows. I > got very tired of it and have tried a very small Linux > distribution and now FreeBSD and they both worked/are > working better than Windows did on my machine (I've only got > FreeBSD installed currently). > > Can you help me? > > Okay, so I tried to install the AIM program by using the > command "make install" in the /usr/ports/net/aim/ directory, > and it did a bunch of stuff that I'm guessing is what you > call "compiling"...it downloaded stuff and wrote new folders > and files, and said it was registering the installation, and > told me it was all through when it was all through. But I > can't figure out how to run the program. I found the new > folders and files it created, including an "executable file" > called "aim" in a new "aim" folder, but I couldn't run it. > I tried clicking on it, running it from a terminal, and > running it from the KDE "Run Command" box, but none of that > worked. Then I tried the "rehash" command like it suggested > in the online manual, but that didn't change the situation. And the error was ? > What do I need to do? The installation html that it gives > me has specific instructions for all OSs except FreeBSD, > only an "other OSs" section, and I'm not real sure if what > that tells me to do is actually what I need to do. In the shell in which you did rehash, do a: ls -l `which aim` and then `which aim` If it doesn't run after the second command then send us the output of the first. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
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