From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 7 11: 9:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from eeyore.cc.uic.edu (EEYORE.CC.UIC.EDU [128.248.171.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BA591543D for ; Tue, 7 Sep 1999 11:09:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lucas@comp04.prc.uic.edu) Received: from comp04.prc.uic.edu (COMP04.PRC.UIC.EDU [128.248.230.104]) by eeyore.cc.uic.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA25390 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:07:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 27925 invoked by uid 1000); 7 Sep 1999 18:10:05 -0000 Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:10:04 -0500 From: Lucas Bergman To: Cliff Addy Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: emacs error message Message-ID: <19990907131004.A27891@comp04.prc.uic.edu> Reply-To: iceberg@pobox.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.7i In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > We're building a new machine using 3.2-Release. I installed the emacs > package, but when I try to run emacs I get this error: > > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libXaw.so.6" not found > > The file ld-elf.so.1 exists, so that's not the problem. You're right. The problem is that you don't have X, and the Emacs which is pre-built is linked against several X shared libraries. > What I do *not* want to do is install any X stuff, this is a server > and has no need of any X stuff at all. This is easy if you build your own Emacs from source and impossible (AFAIK) using the pre-built package. Just grab the Emacs sources and follow the instructions in the INSTALL file. Just be sure to use the '--without-x' option for the configure script. #ifdef FLAME_BAIT IMHO, stuff like this builds a weighty argument for building most of your applications yourself, rather than relying on pre-built packages or port systems. #endif Lucas -- S. Lucas Bergman University of Illinois at Chicago Mathematics Department PGP Public Key (0xC0C73619): finger -l lucas@math.uic.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message