Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 21:29:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Smith <msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu> To: jerry_murdock@yahoo.com (Jerry Murdock) Cc: msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Mark Smith), freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) Subject: Re: bynari with linux emulation? Message-ID: <200205280429.VAA04066@beta.tricity.wsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020528033301.39572.qmail@web14605.mail.yahoo.com> from "Jerry Murdock" at May 27, 2002 08:33:01 PM
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> > I downloaded it and am looking at it... They don't use the linux > > RPM installation stuff. Nope, it's basicly a tarball. I'm not sure I > > like that trying to run with linux emulation. I may pull it apart and > > see what makes it tick. > > > This may be basic, but a few tips to consider if trying to run Linux based > install scripts I've learned from getting some linux stuff working... > > 1: They may be looking for Redhat style rc.d/init.d directory structures, which > you may need to create. > 2: Run any install scripts using the linux sh. > 3: Make sure you have the linux versions installed of any utilities needed by > the scripts. If not, something like "cat" may dump info in (or look in) /path > instead of /compat/linux/path. > > I usually start off with a copy of the linux sh with the path set explicitly to > the "/compat/linux/..." variants so that hopefully the fbsd versions won't be > found. > > Scripts that hard code paths can still grab the FBSD versions though. The hard coded paths problem is what I'm worried about. I guess I'll just have to dump the system to tape. Not like that's a bad thing. ;) Mark -- ========================================================================= UNIX IS user friendly, it's just very choosy about who it calls a friend! ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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