Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 19:55:23 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: ChristmasH@aol.com (ChristmasH) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question... Message-ID: <199805132355.TAA07762@castor.loco.net> In-Reply-To: <cc6c04e7.355a1418@aol.com> from ChristmasH at "May 13, 98 05:43:51 pm"
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ChristmasH wrote:
> i know that the X window system is compatible with FreeBSD...but i was
> wondering if that means you can run any standard run-of-the-mills X
> application on X windows and not having to recompile it....i know you have to
> do that with some linux applications, but i was wondering if the X windows
> system would run an application without any other means of changing the source
> code or messing around with it... Thanks again.
>
They will /all/ require recompilation unless: (1) they're already compiled
for FreeBSD or (2) you're emulating a system (e.g. Linux) that they're
already compiled for. This is true for "everything", X or not, with
the exception of interpreted languages like perl, java or [shudder] basic.
On the good side, these apps typically configure and compile on F'bsd
with a minimum of fuss. for the standard ones, /no fuss at all/.
Building these things out of the ports collection is /really/ painless.
Dave
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