From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jan 20 10:45:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from operamail.com (operamail.infinite.com [199.29.68.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81CB837B400 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 10:45:08 -0800 (PST) X-WM-Posted-At: operamail.com; Sun, 20 Jan 02 13:45:07 -0500 X-WebMail-UserID: leegold Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 13:45:07 -0500 From: leegold To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-EXP32-SerialNo: 00000000 Subject: emacs ques and a ports ques. Message-ID: <3C5AE6A9@operamail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: InterChange (Hydra) SMTP v3.62 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I got the error mess. when I tried to start emacs: /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: shared object "libXaw.so.6" not found Someone in the ques. mailgroup said emacs is looking for an X-window lib. But, I have not installed X and will not for a time. I thought emacs like vi was "text based". why do I need X to start it? The suggestion was made (since I installed from packages), was to install emacs from the ports. I have never installed a prog. from ports. Ques: I installed a the port durring my FreeBSD install. Does that mean I don't have to download anything and thus could make emacs from what I already have on my local hd? If i have to download "whatever" to install using the ports how long would it take w/56 modem? Or, could I load an x component or lib from packages to get emacs to start? Thanks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message