Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 15:02:59 -0500 From: Manuel Rabade <mig@mig-29.net> To: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porting to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20031018200259.GA4998@mig-29.net> In-Reply-To: <200310172011.23112.dgw@liwest.at> References: <200310162211.20126.dgw@liwest.at> <830275B4-0019-11D8-881B-003065ABFD92@mac.com> <20031016213224.GA68783@phys9911.phys.tue.nl> <200310172011.23112.dgw@liwest.at>
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 08:11:23PM +0000, Daniela wrote: > On Thursday 16 October 2003 21:32, Karel J. Bosschaart wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 04:44:17PM -0400, Charles Swiger wrote: > > > On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 06:11 PM, Daniela wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > >I can't even compile most of the programs on my system, and I'm almost > > > >sure it > > > >has to do with dependencies in 99% of all cases. How do I find out > > > >what ports/programs it depends on? And yes, I have RTFM, but I still > > > >have no clue. > > > > > > Most programs have a README which identifies any dependencies they > > > might have. If a Linux package exists for the program (ie, such as an > > > RPM), you could also look at that to gain an idea as to the > > > dependencies. Beyond that, however, the problem lies in the fact that > > > many people don't write particularly portable code, and you will need > > > to resolve such issues by patching the program to work under FreeBSD. > > > > Adding to this: try 'gmake' instead of 'make'. Most programs written > > for Linux assume the GNU version of make which is different from BSD > > make. gmake is in the ports collection, and if you installed some ports > > it is quite likely you already have it as a (build) dependency. > > > I have the most problems with the configure scripts. They keep telling me that > something is missing, but either I don't know where to look for it, or I have > it already installed and don't know why the script doesn't find it. > If something is missing, you sould look at the ports tree (/usr/ports) and install it, maybe you could need to modifiy the paths for the configure script of the dependencies (check ./configure --help of the soure that you want to install). > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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