From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 16 21:44:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from blues.ghis.net (pppc1-13.eisa.net.au [203.166.251.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E61514D4A for ; Sun, 16 May 1999 21:44:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@blues.ghis.net) Received: (from jim@localhost) by blues.ghis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA34128; Mon, 17 May 1999 14:44:30 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 14:44:30 +1000 From: Jim Mock To: "Brian D. McGrew" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Binaries ... Message-ID: <19990517144429.A34038@blues.ghis.net> Reply-To: jim@blues.ghis.net References: <19990517025137.19558.rocketmail@web129.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <19990517025137.19558.rocketmail@web129.yahoomail.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 16 May 1999 at 19:51:37 -0700, Brian D. McGrew wrote: > Upon trying to install WordPerfect as well as Star > Office v5.01, I get teh following error messsage: > > ELF Binary type not known. Use "brandelf" to brand > it. > > Help, someone please enlighten me! Sounds like you don't have the linux_lib stuff installed or running. If it's installed, you need to start it (which can be done by typing 'linux' at the prompt), and if you want it to be run when you reboot, enable it in /etc/rc.conf. If it's not installed, do the following.. 1) cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_lib 2) make install distclean (you can leave the distclean bit out. it just saves some space by cleaning up) 3) type 'linux' at the prompt 4) try wp or Star Office again Hope this helps, -- - Jim Mock - jim@blues.ghis.net - systems administrator - ghis.NET - - work: http://www.ghis.net/ - personal: http://www.ghis.net/~jim/ - - FreeBSD 'zine: http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - - FreeBSD: http://advocacy.freebsd.org/ - jim@advocacy.FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message