Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:48:13 +0000 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dependency problems installing Pervasive SQL for Linux Message-ID: <01090518481303.46754@> In-Reply-To: <01090518151302.46754@> References: <01090518151302.46754@>
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OK, after reading through the man page for rpm I managed to get around this problem by using --root /usr/compat/linux when I then got a complaint about "wrong operating system" which I solved by using the --ignoreos option to rpm. I'm now trying to figure out where the heck it installed everything and how to execute it ;) -Bill On Wednesday 05 September 2001 18:15, Bill Moran wrote: > We're doing some tests to see if we can make this work. The other servers > here are FreeBSD, and we don't want to install a Linux one if we don't have > to ;) > > Fresh install of FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE, with Linux compat installed and > working. Using the rpm manager from the ports, I try to do: > > rpm -ivh Pervasive.SQL-7.90.243.007.2000i.i386.rpm > > and it complains: > error: failed dependencies: > /bin/sh is needed by Pervasive.SQL-7.90.243.007-2000i > > I'm quite lost at this one ... /usr/compat/linux/bin contained a link "sh" > that linked to bash in the same directory. /bin contains the FreeBSD > version of sh. I tried deleting /usr/compat/linux/bin/sh and copying > /usr/compat/linux/bin/bash -> /usr/compat/linux/bin/sh but the error didn't > change. > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > -Bill > > 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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