Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 18:30:04 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: running linux programs Message-ID: <4ad871310811051530m675e06dq387fca6d4c39dc90@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081105151905.4b7e0925@gom.home> References: <20081105151905.4b7e0925@gom.home>
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On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:19 PM, prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> wrote: > 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? > You could use linux binary compatability. > 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. > What errors do you get? What `./configure' options do you give it? > i was wondering if i could compile it in linux, but there doesn't seem > to be any compiler present in /compat/linux ... > -- Glen Barber
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