From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 26 23: 7:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in (theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in [144.16.71.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4830037B5B2 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2000 23:07:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in) Received: (qmail 49185 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2000 06:07:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO theory3.physics.iisc.ernet.in) (qmailr@144.16.71.158) by theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in with SMTP; 27 Jun 2000 06:07:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 5938 invoked by uid 211); 27 Jun 2000 06:07:14 -0000 Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:37:14 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: j mckitrick Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux emulation Message-ID: <20000627113714.D5878@physics.iisc.ernet.in> References: <20000627025036.A63418@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20000627025036.A63418@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-UK.eu.org on Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 02:50:37AM +0100 X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.0-test2 i686 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG j mckitrick said on Jun 27, 2000 at 02:50:37: > > stupid question: > > i want to install staroffice 5.2. if there is no port for it, do i just > have to install the linux emulation? or the linux emulation port? these > are two different things, right? You can install linux emulation via the ports, /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base that will give you a Red Hat-like linux environment in /compat/linux. You'd also need a kernel compatibility module, or a kernel compiled with the option LINUX. I don't know whether StarOffice will work out of the box. Quite likely will. R. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message