On 02/19/10 13:50, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:42:09 -0600, Programmer In Training > <p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> wrote: >> It's really past the point where I can just wipe the system and >> reinstall, making sure to opt for linux emulation from the get go. > > It is not needed to reinstall the whole OS just because you > accidentally forgot to install an additional package. We're > not in MICROS~1 land here. :-)
I know, but it seems almost easier to do it then instead of later. >> So >> I'm attempting to use sysinstall to install it on my present system. >> Every time I run it, though, I get the following error message during >> the download: > > Your message is: > > Add of package linux_base-fc6-6_6 aborted, > error code 1 > > That's why it would be helpful to know which version of > FreeBSD you're installing. In case you want "Flash" and > "Skype", going with fc10 is highly recommended. FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE [r...@heaven]portsnap update Ports tree is already up to date. Should I just fetch and extract anyway? >> This is run from an xterm session. (uxterm -sb -rv) > > That should not be the problem. Just trying to be as helpful as possible. Figured someone would know where the "debug window" is. >> Any clues or alternate ways of getting this done? > > You could try to > > a) install linux_base-fc10 via pkg_add [r...@heaven]pkg_add linux_base-fc10 pkg_add: can't stat package file 'linux_base-fc10' > or > > b) install it through the port; > in this case you should update system and > ports tree before compiling. [r...@heaven]cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc10 /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc10: No such file or directory. Figured out from the below linked page it's linux_base-f10, no problems. I'm good on my way. Thanks! > And don't miss the documentation about getting "Flash" > stuff running: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/desktop-browsers.html > > It is 6.2.3/4. Is that the most recent flash version available for linux via Adobe? From another email: > On 02/19/10 13:58, Erik Norgaard wrote: >> On 19/02/10 20:42, Programmer In Training wrote: >> >>> Any clues or alternate ways of getting this done? >> >> IIRC you first need to load the linux and linprocfs kernel modules and >> mount linproc. >> >> BR, Erik >> Just did that, thanks for the heads up. -- Yours In Christ, PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want.
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