Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:47:23 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Jatupon Puttiviriyagon <badusenix@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use RPM on FreeBSD Message-ID: <15226.21307.118138.305669@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <41259446@toto.iv>
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Jatupon Puttiviriyagon <badusenix@yahoo.com> types: > I used to work on Linux (Redhat). Now I've changed to FreeBSD4.3 and I > want to port some applications from Redhat to FreeBSD. What package do > I need to install to port Redhat RPM to FreeBSD? If the applications are available in source form, there's a fair chance that they have already been ported. If you installed the ports collection, look through /usr/ports. "make search KEY=stuff" is a good way to find stuff in them. If they haven't been ported, you'd probably be better off doing the port. If you then bundle that up as a port, it can become your first contribution to the FreeBSD community. If it hasn't been released in source form, then you want to enable the linux ABI support and install the linux_base port. First install the port by cd'ing to /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base and doing "make install" as root. Then enable the linux ABI by doing "kldload linux" and "/compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig", also as root. Finally, add "linux_enable=YES" to /etc/rc.conf so that the last two things will be done when you reboot. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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