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From: Benjamin Schurman <brs@sun4.iol.unh.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Linux Programs??
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 22:50:54 -0400
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I have the Linux Binary compatibility installed on my BSD box and I have
tried several things to check the validity of this. I downloaded and ran
Netscape with no problems. I, of couse, have the BSD version installed
though. I, however, want to install Star Office and the binaries only
come in Linux format. However, the install program does some sort of
uname command and finds the machine to be BSD, not Linux. This crashes
the install program. Is there some way of duping the machine to return
values of Linux and such with the uname command