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From: jacob@jblhome.ping.dk (Jacob Bohn Lorensen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: emacs: ld.so failed (970205-GAMMA)
Date: 24 Feb 1997 08:36:01 +0100
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In-reply-to: Tim O'Neil's message of Thu, 20 Feb 1997 13:19:45 +0000
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>>>>> "Tim" == Tim O'Neil <toneil@visigenic.com> writes:
Tim> doesn't work go for another. Not only is there an emacs in
Tim> the packages, the ports collection comes with a copy. Before
Tim> you do anything add the gnu make package (I didn't have a
Tim> problem with gmake anyway...) Remove the pkg_add'd emacs,
Tim> and untar the port. su to root and in my case, I have a
Tim> home-brewed i386 machine using an amd 486dx4 processor. So
Tim> *my* configure line looks like:
Tim> # configure freebsd --with-gcc
Tim> then
Tim> # gmake install
Tim> I agree, installing emacs is no cakewalk, but it can be done.
Using the FreeBSD ports collection it can be done even easier; each
port contains (usually) a few small patch files, some readme's and a
BSD makefile which will untar, configure, build, and install the port
in such a way that pkg_manage later may delete the package properly.
Just insert the CD-ROM with the ports collection into your
CD-ROM-drive. Then do something like: (assuming your cdrom is mounted
on /mnt/cdrom)
$ su
# cd /usr
# lndir /mnt/cdrom/ports ports/
(this creates a directory tree where all files are really symlinks
pointing to files on the CD-ROM)
# cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs
# make install
(wait a bit, drink some coffee. After a while Emacs is installed)
# pkg_manage
(you should be able to find/delete/etc. your newly installed emacs)
In the future, if you whish to build a port for yourself, just
# cd /usr/ports/<wherever>
# make install
and that's it. There's no real need to fiddle with GNU
configure-options yourself. There's no real need to re-solve and
re-invent every little compatibility patch yourself.
Hope this helps,
Jacob
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