From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 14 17:38:27 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A23A16A4B3 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:38:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-234.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.234]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21CCE43FA3 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:38:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from rot13.obsecurity.org (rot13.obsecurity.org [10.0.0.5]) by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 848C766D80; Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:38:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by rot13.obsecurity.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4AB526E6; Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:38:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:38:25 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: "C. Ulrich" Message-ID: <20031015003825.GA49177@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <200310150005.h9F05T829532@anon.securenym.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200310150005.h9F05T829532@anon.securenym.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: cross-compiling Linux apps on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:38:27 -0000 --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 08:04:24PM -0400, C. Ulrich wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I was wondering if there is any way (preferably an easy way) to build > Linux applications from source on FreeBSD with the intention of running > them in FreeBSD. It's not completely straightforward, but you can install the linux_devtools port, then chroot to /compat/linux and run /bin/bash, then compile things from there as normal. You'll have to install whatever other packages are needed to compile your software. > My conundrum is this: I want to be able to use a Java (and perhaps > Flash) plugin with Firebird on my FreeBSD workstation. From what I > understand, a native FreeBSD Java web browser plugin doesn't quite exist > and isn't likely to in the near future. That's incorrect..there are several. kris --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/jJcAWry0BWjoQKURAg6gAJ0SslylQvE7dPuwsc2QUKs69IzCbgCfe5ZT ZkNb0IM2ouDfHqKDUAPxiGQ= =uEEU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU--