Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 09:24:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Burton Sampley <burton@bsampley.vip.best.com> To: dmaddox@scsn.net Cc: ashworth@cs.montana.edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Motif? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970519092347.207D-100000@bsampley.vip.best.com> In-Reply-To: <19970519054836.18406@cola41.scsn.net>
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On Mon, 19 May 1997, Donald J. Maddox wrote: > On Sun, May 18, 1997 at 10:31:14PM +0000, Justin Ashworth wrote: > > Is there any way to make use of ports that require Motif without > > actually going out and buying the package from DEC? Will Motif even run > > on FreeBSD? Nedit and GIMP both require Motif, and those would be handy > > ports to have. Is there a workaround for this? I recall having installed > > Nedit on a non-Motif'd FreeBSD box in the past and it ran without any > > problems. The port didn't require Motif back then. I've tried commenting > > out the line that says Motif is required, but it still pukes. I've tried > > installing lesstif to see if that could work as a replacement but it > > doesn't. > > > > Any ideas? > > Most ports that require Motif are also available as packages that are > statically linked with Motif, so you can install the package and run it > without having Motif installed on your system. > > Motif _is_ available for FreeBSD for ~$150 from XiG. I believe the > url is http://www.xinside.com/. Actually it's been changed to http://www.xig.com --- Brought to you by a 100% Micro$oft free system. You too can disinfect your system at http://www.freebsd.org E-Mail: burton@bsampley.vip.best.com Alternate E-Mail: bsampley@haywire.csuhayward.edu Home Page: http://www.best.com/~bsampley (permanently under construction)
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