From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 18 06:25:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA16139 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 06:25:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from horton.iaces.com (root@horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA16134 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 06:25:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.5/8.8.4) id IAA29715; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:20:05 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199706181320.IAA29715@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: help To: martin@MiltenyiBiotec.de (Martin) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 08:20:05 -0500 (CDT) Cc: support@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <970618.144318@MiltenyiBiotec.de> from Martin at "Jun 18, 97 02:43:18 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Martin said: > Hi freeBSD people: > > I purchased freeBSD in a bookstore and found it to be great. But I encountered the following problem: > While trying to install Netscape (for LINUX) the BSD returns with a message that ELF is an unknown binary-format. And while trying to install the german Star-Office package the installation fails due to missing rpm support. > How can I install these packages? > I am looking forward to response. Well, a couple of questions, that probably don't need to be answered after you read this. 1) What version of FreeBSD are you using? 2) Why are you trying to use the Linux version of Netscape? There is a BSD version, that runs just fine. (Though I wouldn't use the 4.0B5 version in production. It's a BIG PIG). Now, onto the answers. 1) Install the BSD netscape version. If it's not in packages, then you can get it from netscape, it's in the other subdirectory. I generally get the netscape.....bsd2..... file. 2) In order to run Star Office, (or Netscape for Linux) you need to install the linux compatibility package. It is documented quite well in the Handbook. Paul. -- I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five. -- Charles Barkley