Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:32:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com> To: Christopher Taylor <chris@thedial.com> Cc: jamesjb@thedial.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Installing Applix office suite for Linux Message-ID: <XFMail.990629133237.dburr@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <3779BF91.37898EF9@thedial.com>
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (actually, it was on 30-Jun-99), the great prophet Christopher Taylor once wrote: > I have purchased Applix for Linux and want to install it on FreeBSD 3.2. > I have the linux libraries installed and have been running other linux > binaries, such as RealPlayer and Adobe Acrobat. After mounting the CD > for Applix and entering the CD directory, I run the install program and > get the following error... > > Install Applixware for Red Hat Linuxldd: /bin/sh: not a dynamic > executable > ELF binary type not known. Use "brandelf" to brand it. > ./install-applix: line 2: 14783 Abort trap $DG --fb > --backtitle "$BT" "$@" 2>$O > > the 'install-applix' program is a shell script, but some of the other > programs used by the installer are linux binaries. Install the bash port (/usr/ports/shells/bash2), and run the installer as "bash ./install-applix" not "./install-applix" --- Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com>-Member The FreeBSD Project| PGP: Your *NEW* WWW HomePage: http://more.at/dburr/ ICQ #16997506 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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