Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 07:23:09 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Scivitri Scarzam <scivitri@kithven.net> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux 'emulation' documentation Message-ID: <20020308072309.A63542@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020308034555.00a79778@mail.kithven.net>; from scivitri@kithven.net on Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 03:56:36AM -0700 References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020308034555.00a79778@mail.kithven.net>
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Hello, Could you tell us exactly where you read this? We'd like to fix it. If your FreeBSD box has a live Internet connection, you can just do (as root) cd /usr/ports/emulate/linux_base62 make all install clean It will go grab these libraries for you. On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 03:56:36AM -0700, Scivitri Scarzam wrote: > Hello, > > I've been trying to install/get working Linux Binary Compatibility on my > FreeBSD machine. To this end, I've been following the instructions in the > neighborhood of > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html and > have come across rather an interesting problem. I am, of course, doing > this because I have a particular Linux binary I need to run, and I'm > following the documentation because, well, my Unix/BSD skills aren't what > I'd consider my ideal. And, as I rather expected, once I got everything > installed my app complained about a missing shared library. > > So, I start reading what to do when this occurs, and am struck by a rather > amusing problem in your documentation. See, it assumes I have access to a > Linux box, to get these shared libraries off of. And, while trying to > think who I know who might possibly be running a Linux box I could get > these files from, I gradually start to wonder if everyone else has both a > Linux and FreeBSD box, and just likes to run their Linux programs on their > BSD machine to cause themselves needless grief. Because that's about the > only reason I could see for the documentation seeming to not acknowledge > any other option. > > Anyway, that's it for my middle of the night ramblings. I'll go try and > find a Linux machine now. But I thought I ought to point out this bit of > oddness, in passing. :) > > - Scivitri > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org my FreeBSD column: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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