Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:00:17 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff <keshik@darwin.tti.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: missing X libraries and other comments for 2.1.6 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970130115803.11540C-100000@darwin.tti.net>
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Hi, I just installed freeBSD 2.1.6R on one of my machines via ftp. I tried to run emacs and I have this error message: ld.so.failed: Can't find shared library "libXmu.so.6.0" I have had same experience with freeBSD 2.1.5R before and somebody pointed out that the X-windows (libraries) must also be installed to run emacs. I thought, I already installed at least the library portion of X distribution but I still have the same problem. My question and comment: 1. I did a find for the library file and found it under /compat/linux something. If the file exists on the tree, why emacs can't find it? Is there another directory structure where I suppose to copy this library file? 2. Since the default pre-compiled emacs binaries require some X-library files, I feel it is a major bug in freeBSD installation for neither warned the user that emacs needs X library to run, nor including the needed library by default into emacs package. I learned the lesson the hardway, twice. 4. I feel relieved to find that most packages for 2.1.6R do exist. The 2.1.5R CD is almost a total annoyance when it comes to included packages. Yet, I retain my 2.1.5R CD coz I want to support this great ongoing project. I have a complete set of freeBSD CDs since 2.0 5. Two minor griefs: freeBSD 2.1.6R still comes with Apache 1.0.5 and Pine 3.91. I thought the two are buggy and obsolete already. -jeff-
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