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Date:      Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:50:44 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Aaron Parmelee <trout@net66.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: running linux software on freebsd
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811101450050.2215-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981110150325.00971430@net66.com>

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On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Aaron Parmelee wrote:

>  i have netscape and wordperfect for linux on cd. will they work on
> freebsd?

Sure.

> do i have to do anything "special" to get them to work, etc.?

You have to set up the linux emulator, which involves:

1.  Installing the emulators/linux_lib port
2.  Running 'linux' as root

>  if there is a chapter in the freebsd handbook that covers this, let me
> know...

I think there is.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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