From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 5 23:19:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 600E31065688 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 23:19:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38ACF8FC16 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 23:19:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd2ml1so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.139]) by pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 05 Nov 2008 16:19:09 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=FP58Ms26AAAA:8 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=KzcXgRT_i74R1HTf2zEA:9 a=VgO5W2eWBqcrmvxa9wwA:7 a=3GP8pPsNMDL8jzxG2AfoAAFgiucA:4 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd2ml1so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 05 Nov 2008 16:19:09 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67C621701E for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:19:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:19:05 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081105151905.4b7e0925@gom.home> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: running linux programs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:19:10 -0000 if i want to run a linux program that is not offered in the linux-* collection, can i compile it so that it will be run through the emulator rather than as a freebsd program? for instance, i want to run chessdb (a maintained version of scid which is in the ports) and there is a tarball for unix: ChessDB-3.6.18.tar.gz UNIX/Linux tarball. (http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/downloads/) but it doesn't seem to compile properly on freebsd. i was wondering if i could compile it in linux, but there doesn't seem to be any compiler present in /compat/linux ... -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's