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Date:      Sun, 26 Sep 1999 23:53:59 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        gerti-freebsdq@bitart.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Still no go: X aout libs
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909262352330.46819-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19990926072435.7298.qmail@camelot.bitart.com>

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On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Gerd Knops wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>I still can't get any of the netscape versions to install, neither native  
>nor Linux. It always fails with
>
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>+ There are no X aout libs on this machine. +
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>I had a vanilly 3.3 stable system, and added XFree etc. from the ports. I  
>also installed the compat22 libs, but they don't include the X aout libs.
>
>Someone said the XFree make will ask if it should install the aout  
>compatibility libs, but it doesn't.
>
>I even enabled 'COMPAT21=      yes' in /etc/make.conf (there is no COMPAT22  
>option) and rebuild and reinstalled X, no luck.
>
>How do I get the dreaded X aout libs onto my system?

Go to the FreeBSD ftp site and get the binaries and put them in the
/usr/X11R6/lib/aout (or the correct place if I am wrong) and run ldconfig
-m /usr/X11R6/lib/aout.

Thank You, 	| http://students.washington.edu/jcwells
Jason Wells	| "Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither
		| freedom nor security." - Benjamin Franklin



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