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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newstand.syr.edu!mailbox.syr.edu!smcarey From: smcarey@mailbox.syr.edu (Shawn Carey) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Gnu-emacs on FreeBSD 2.0 CD-ROM - just plain won't run Date: 17 Jan 1995 04:06:56 GMT Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3fffp0$fnd@newstand.syr.edu> References: <dva.75.001D4943@syncro.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sudial-72.syr.edu In article <dva.75.001D4943@syncro.com>, dva@syncro.com (Syncro Development Corp.) writes: > >HELP! > >I loaded FreeBSD 2.0 and it basically came up ok, but I looked all over for >old-style terminal-mode emacs (not X-based), and couldn't find it. I finally >figured out how to mount the CD-ROM, and found the "packages" directory. The >pkg_add program seemed to add emacs.28.xx ok, but it won't run - it fails to >load (?) a library (something like ld.so .... libX....). > You need to have the shared libX11 library installed. Furthermore, you'll nee the correct version - probably the one found in XFree86-3.x. Unfortunately, you need the X libs even if you won't be running under X because the emacs binary was linked against the shared libs. > >Dale Van Aken > -Shawn Carey