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Date:      Thu, 13 Jun 2002 22:50:21 -0700
From:      Brett Rogers <loki_bsd@cox.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        AZNPrideChinese@worldnet.att.net
Subject:   Re: i am having trouble using aim
Message-ID:  <200206132250.21666.loki_bsd@cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020613225414.IXUH13408.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@there>
References:  <20020613212940.GSRC13408.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@there> <200206131458.43085.loki_bsd@cox.net> <20020613225414.IXUH13408.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@there>

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On Thursday 13 June 2002 03:54 am, you wrote:
> On Thursday 13 June 2002 05:58 pm, you wrote:
> > On Thursday 13 June 2002 02:29 am, AZNPrideChinese wrote:
> > > they say i need to enable linux compatibility, how do i do that?
> > > plus they say the files inux files libgdk-1.2.so.0 and libgtk-1.2.s=
o.0
> > > must be placed in the /compat/linux/lib directory, where do i find
> > > those two files?
> >
> > =09Try running /stand/sysinstall, goto configure, and startup.  There
> > should be a linux compatibility option.  If I'm not mistaken, this
> > downloads and installs whatever packages are necessary automatically.=
=20
> > The only problem Ive found doing this is that release name in options
> > must be modified beforehand. I was using 4.6-RC4 in this field on the
> > master FTP server, but now it doesnt seem to accept that.  If you cha=
nge
> > the field to 4.6-RELEASE, it works on the master site, but for any
> > mirrors, you may have to play around to find what field it will accep=
t.=20
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > -Brett
> >
> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
>
> thanks for the response, fyi i am very new to unix, and i just figured =
out
> how to get online with freebsd, i'm a windows user but i decided to cha=
nge,
> anyway back to the point. i ran /stand/sysinstall and the only thing co=
ming
> close to looking like enabling linux compatibility is this host wants t=
o be
> able to run linux binaries. which is already checked. and i'm not reall=
y
> sure i get what you said about the release names and all

For the two files its asking for, try:
=09cd /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/linux-gtk
=09make install
then run aim again


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