From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 4 23:19:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA08222 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 23:19:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA08216 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 23:19:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA03992; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 23:17:18 -0800 Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 23:17:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Keith Leonard cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports?? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 4 Feb 1996, Keith Leonard wrote: > It seems that every time I want to get something from the port collection > (ok not everytime - I have gotten 1 port to work) the 'make' or 'make > install' bombs because of some file missing (usually in the X > directories). My original installation was the Kern Developers package > from the install menu. > > Every time it bombs I try to trace down the missing files and copy them > from the 'live' disk (enmass from the missing subdirectory). But it just > doesn't seem to help - the process bombs somewhere else. You need to install the XF86prog distribution to get the appropriate libraries and utilities. BTW, if you copy/lndir from CD 2, attach it to /usr/X11R6 and symlink to /usr/X11. > The ports I have been trying to get are: > emacs - why do I need X to run this? Must have special X support. > ghostscript - ? Wants X for display. I bet there is a flag where you can shut it off. Try my suggestions above and let us know what you get. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major