From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 29 13:32:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from control.colossus.dynip.com (226-193.adsl2.avtel.net [207.71.226.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F26314EB5 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:32:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dburr@control.colossus.dynip.com) Received: (from dburr@localhost) by control.colossus.dynip.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) id NAA68599; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:32:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dburr) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3779BF91.37898EF9@thedial.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:32:37 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Computer Help From: Donald Burr To: Christopher Taylor Subject: RE: Installing Applix office suite for Linux Cc: jamesjb@thedial.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (actually, it was on 30-Jun-99), the great prophet Christopher Taylor once wrote: > I have purchased Applix for Linux and want to install it on FreeBSD 3.2. > I have the linux libraries installed and have been running other linux > binaries, such as RealPlayer and Adobe Acrobat. After mounting the CD > for Applix and entering the CD directory, I run the install program and > get the following error... > > Install Applixware for Red Hat Linuxldd: /bin/sh: not a dynamic > executable > ELF binary type not known. Use "brandelf" to brand it. > ./install-applix: line 2: 14783 Abort trap $DG --fb > --backtitle "$BT" "$@" 2>$O > > the 'install-applix' program is a shell script, but some of the other > programs used by the installer are linux binaries. Install the bash port (/usr/ports/shells/bash2), and run the installer as "bash ./install-applix" not "./install-applix" --- Donald Burr -Member The FreeBSD Project| PGP: Your *NEW* WWW HomePage: http://more.at/dburr/ ICQ #16997506 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message