How to enable Linujx binary compatibility using sysinstall
Hello, After installing FreeBSD 7.0, I realised I'd forgotten to choose Linux binary compatibility during the install. I tried installing from ports, but it's gone and installed a load of other unwanted packages aswell now (perl/popt/rpm etc...). So, a few questions really... 1. Why does the ports install require all these other packages, when none of these are installed if you remember to select the Enable Linux binary compatibility option during install? 2. If I wanted to install from sysinstall (like during an installation), what do I do to enable Linux binary compatibility, without reinstalling? 3. There are 6 Linux binary compatibility packages available, which is the best one to use... fc4-10? Kind regards, Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to enable Linujx binary compatibility using sysinstall
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:17:00 + Stephen Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, After installing FreeBSD 7.0, I realised I'd forgotten to choose Linux binary compatibility during the install. I tried installing from ports, but it's gone and installed a load of other unwanted packages aswell now (perl/popt/rpm etc...). So, a few questions really... 1. Why does the ports install require all these other packages, when none of these are installed if you remember to select the Enable Linux binary compatibility option during install? They are dependencies of the particular application, or linux-base. Linux binary compatibility lets you run a statically-linked linux binary. Anything else requires a Linux environment, and whatever libraries etc the application needs. 2. If I wanted to install from sysinstall (like during an installation), what do I do to enable Linux binary compatibility, without reinstalling? I think it's just a matter of adding linux_enable=YES to rc.conf. I also have linux_load=YES in loader.conf, but I don't expect it's necessary, as the former setting should load the kernel module. 3. There are 6 Linux binary compatibility packages available, which is the best one to use... fc4-10? The default will be a dependency of any linux package that needs it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to enable Linujx binary compatibility using sysinstall
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:46:11 + RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why does the ports install require all these other packages, when none of these are installed if you remember to select the Enable Linux binary compatibility option during install? They are dependencies of the particular application, or linux-base. I didn't quite get that you were talking about just installing a linux-base. The reason is that sysinstall uses a FreeBSD package, but the port installs from whatever the Linux distro uses, in this case Fedora RPM packages. The port therefore requires the FreeBSD RPM port and its dependencies. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
