Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 18:26:09 -0400 From: Dan Swartzendruber <dswartz@druber.com> To: ben@rosengart.com Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@home.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: 3.0 installation problems Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981024182609.009c3c60@mail.kersur.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.02.9810241753270.12546-100000@echonyc.com> References: <199810242040.NAA07711@dingo.cdrom.com>
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At 05:58 PM 10/24/98 -0400, Snob Art Genre wrote: >I would suggest compiling emacs up from the ports collection; if it >doesn't detect X libraries on the system, it will link without them. > >On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > >> > Speaking of irritating installation issues: why do I have to install X >> > to use emacs? I seem to recall, back in my linux days, that there was >> > an emacs executable that didn't require X. The standard emacs binary >> > requires a bunch of non vty libraries that I don't really want to have >> > to install on stripped-down servers. >> >> If the machine is "stripped down", then you sure don't want Emacs on it. >> Try one of the lighter clones, and save yourself the worry. I suppose that would be doable, although it's almost more of a hassle than just copying over the requisite libraries from one of the X-enabled workstations. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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