running linux programs

2008-11-05 Thread prad
if i want to run a linux program that is not offered in the linux-* collection, can i compile it so that it will be run through the emulator rather than as a freebsd program? for instance, i want to run chessdb (a maintained version of scid which is in the ports) and there is a tarball for unix:

Re: running linux programs

2008-11-05 Thread Glen Barber
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:19 PM, prad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if i want to run a linux program that is not offered in the linux-* collection, can i compile it so that it will be run through the emulator rather than as a freebsd program? You could use linux binary compatability. for

Re: running linux programs

2008-11-05 Thread prad
On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 18:30:04 -0500 Glen Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but it doesn't seem to compile properly on freebsd. What errors do you get? What `./configure' options do you give it? i think i've solved the problem. there were certain alterations to the Makefile i had to do and

Re: running linux programs

2008-11-05 Thread Boris Samorodov
prad [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: however, can i compile a linux program within the linux emulator instead of using the gcc in freebsd? emulators/linux_dist-gentoo-stage* are used for this. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone Internet SP FreeBSD

Re: running linux programs

2008-11-05 Thread prad
On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:47:21 +0300 Boris Samorodov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: emulators/linux_dist-gentoo-stage* are used for this. so what i should do then is install one of the 3 dist-gentoo-stages? or do these work the same way as the gentoo stages - i seem to recall i just did gentoo from

Re: running linux programs

2008-11-05 Thread Boris Samorodov
prad [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:47:21 +0300 Boris Samorodov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: emulators/linux_dist-gentoo-stage* are used for this. so what i should do then is install one of the 3 dist-gentoo-stages? Chroot to linux directory and compile the needed program.

Re: running Linux programs under FreeBSD

2002-07-15 Thread Daniel Bye
On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 11:37:18AM +0200, Nelis Lamprecht wrote: Hi List What exactly are the implications of running linux programs eg. Oracle, SAP for Linux on FreeBSD ? Does FreeBSD emulate linux, is this safe and what about performance ? Could someone possibly direct me to more