Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:37:48 PDT From: Stephen Hansen <stephen@cerebralmaelstrom.com> To: rob <europax@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Linux Compatibility Mode Message-ID: <20000830203749.0420F5FC@cerebralmaelstrom.com>
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Le sigh. I figured out my own problem almost immediately after sending the request. Not that anyone answered, buut :) I _assumed_ that the rpm program would automatically be setup to ignore the fact that you're installing programs for a different OS, and would check in the linux-compatibility tree... Bad assumption, you know what they say about assumptions, yes? Using the following flags, i got 'rpm' to work just fine: rpm --ignoreos --root=/compat/linux Make sure you have Linux compatibility on, and be aware that everything will then be installed in /compat/linux/usr/local/bin, etc, which isn't in your path prolly, so you might want to add it in or symlink the results over into /usr/local/bin. "rob" wrote: > Subject: Re: Problems with Linux Compatibility Mode > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 17:54:14 +0000 > From: rob <europax@home.com> > To: Stephen Hansen <stephen@cerebralmaelstrom.com> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > I have tried to use the linux rpm in order to install the gtk+1.2 > libraries (needed by Mozilla), but was never successful. The linux rpm > program consistantly failed at unpacking the archives. So I would like > to also hear if anyone has had success. I have searched for > documentation on the Linux emulation part of FreeBSD and have come up > with nothing. Rob > > > Stephen Hansen wrote: > > > > I'm running FreeBSD 4.1, and for some reason, the 'rpm' program/etc is not > > looking in /compat/linux/var/lib/rpm, the 'shadow' fs that Linux proggies > > are susposed to use. Instead, it's looking in my basic /var/lib/rpm. > > > > Am I suspose to have a symbolic link in my /var? Since 'rpm' isn't really > > a Linux application, but instead is a port -- yes? So it won't look in the > > shadow fs. > > > > How should this be setup? > > > > 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
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