Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 02:33:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Jan Koum <jkoum@leland.Stanford.EDU> To: Yimin Hsiao <yihsiao@ucsd.edu> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help!!! Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970415022746.5618C-100000@elaine16.Stanford.EDU> In-Reply-To: <01BC493F.F2FE9870@yihsiao.extern.ucsd.edu>
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On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Yimin Hsiao wrote:
> I just installed emacs from the packages using "pkg_add", but I wasn't able to run it. I got the following error whenever I typed "emacs" at the # prompt,
> ld.so failed: Can't find shared library libXaw.so.6.1
> Can someone help me with this problem?
Can't help you here, but I have seen this error before. The weird
part is that when I reinstalled the system emacs worked.
> I also installed gcc from the packages and compiled a test program. But I couldn't run a.out. I see the error
> a.out not found
> whenever I type a.out. But the file IS there. What happened? It couldn't tell it's an executable?
Make sure it is in your path ("echo $PATH"). Or cd to the
directory where it is and try "./a.out".
> I also wanted to install XWindows. I downloaded the entire directory "XFree86" from the web, but how do I go from there? /stand/sysinstall doesn't seem to work and I want to install it manually. Can you please tell me how? Thanks.
>
Try reading the documentation. It seem to explain everything well.
Remember, that getting an X server is not all. You would also have to get
a windows manager (like fvwm or twm)
-- Yan
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