Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 22:55:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Jerry Murdock <jerry_murdock@yahoo.com> To: Mark Smith <msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu> Cc: Mark Smith <msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bynari with linux emulation? Message-ID: <20020528055505.25710.qmail@web14604.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200205280429.VAA04066@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
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--- Mark Smith <msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu> wrote: > > > 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. ;) > A simple grep for "bin" goes a long way towards finding hard coded path problems. At that point it's usually just a matter of grabbing the rpms and installing any missing utilities. Jerry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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