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From: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: running linux programs
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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 ...
>



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Glen Barber