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Subject: Re: Re[2]: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 22:49:43 +0100
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Erik explains:

> To enable it put
>  linux_enable="YES"
> into /etc/rc.conf

Done.  It now shows "Additional ABI support: linux" at start up.

> To run dynamically linked binaries you also
> need a set of linux link-libraries.  To get
> those you should install the emulators/linux_base
> port.

Are there man entries that explain the port procedure?  (I tried "man port" to
no avail.)

> Not sure what you are asking here, but yes,
> with the Linux-compatibility stuff installed
> and enabled FreeBSD will run almost
> all Linux-binaries.

Mostly so that I can run free-standing Linux applications.  I'm not interested
so much in trying to get any Linux system software to work.  Since there seem to
be lots of Linux applications out there, it would be nice to be able to run them
as-is.


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