From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 27 22:55: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from web14604.mail.yahoo.com (web14604.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.224.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B7F9C37B401 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 22:55:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20020528055505.25710.qmail@web14604.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.156.12.58] by web14604.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 27 May 2002 22:55:05 PDT Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 22:55:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Jerry Murdock Subject: Re: bynari with linux emulation? To: Mark Smith Cc: Mark Smith , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: <200205280429.VAA04066@beta.tricity.wsu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --- Mark Smith 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