From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 1 0: 4:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.net [194.221.183.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7907D37B4C5 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 00:04:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 32292 invoked by uid 0); 1 Nov 2000 08:04:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ghostinyou) (195.229.53.57) by mail.gmx.net with SMTP; 1 Nov 2000 08:04:47 -0000 Message-ID: <007801c043db$8fb33880$0204010a@atg.altayer.com> From: "Rino Mardo" To: "Will Yardley" , References: <39FFC99A.1781AB94@hq.newdream.net> Subject: Re: two beginner questions Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:12:43 +0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i suggest you use the ports instead. as root, cd /usr/ports/www and then cd to the netscape directory, then do a "make install" within that directory. the error messages you can redirect. edit /etc/syscon.conf -> who watches the watchmen? Key fingerprint - E619 726E 3815 7A48 EAC7 E49F DF93 4E33 B069 0883 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Yardley" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:43 AM Subject: two beginner questions > ok... a couple of questions > i'm trying to install linux netscape 6 on a free bsd machine... it > installed pretty much on the debian drive on the same machine earlier. > it's complaining about missing libraries when i try to install it on the > bsd drive though: > > ./netscape-installer-bin: error in loading shared libraries: > libgtk-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or > directory > > so i guess my question is if anyone has had luck making netscape work, > and also in general how to obtain libraries required to run linux > programs. > > secondly, as root (even with messages turned off) or any time i run a > command using 'sudo' i get messages to the terminal (error messages / > sudo messages). is there a way to make all messages go to a log file > and not to the terminal at all? > > -w > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message