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<!-- $Id: applications.sgml,v 1.14 1999-07-30 17:40:09 sada Exp $ -->
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<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
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<heading>User Applications<label id="applications"></heading>
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<sect1>
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<heading>So, where are all the user applications?</heading>
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<p>Please take a look at <url url="../ports/"
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name="the ports page"> for info on software packages ported to
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FreeBSD. The list currently tops 1800 and is growing daily, so come
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back to check often or subscribe to the <tt/freebsd-announce/
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<ref id="mailing" name="mailing list"> for periodic updates on new
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entries.
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<p>Most ports should be available for the 2.2, 3.x and 4.0
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branches, and many of them should work on 2.1.x systems as
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well. Each time a FreeBSD release is made, a snapshot of the
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ports tree at the time of release in also included in the
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<tt>ports/</tt> directory.
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<p>We also support the concept of a ``package'', essentially no
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more than a gzipped binary distribution with a little extra
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intelligence embedded in it for doing whatever custom installation
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work is required. A package can be installed and uninstalled
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again easily without having to know the gory details of which
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files it includes.
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<p>Use the package installation menu in <tt>/stand/sysinstall</tt>
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(under the post-configuration menu item) or invoke the
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<em>pkg_add(1)</em> command on the specific package files you're
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interested in installing. Package files can usually be identified by
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their <em>.tgz</em> suffix and CDROM distribution people will have
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a <tt>packages/All</tt> directory on their CD which contains such
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files. They can also be downloaded over the net for various versions
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of FreeBSD at the following locations:
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<descrip>
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<tag>for 2.2.8-release/2.2.8-stable</tag>
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<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-2.2.8/"
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name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-2.2.8/">
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<tag>for 3.2-release/3.2-stable</tag>
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<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3-stable/"
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name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3-stable/">
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<tag>for 4.0-current</tag>
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<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-current/"
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name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-current/">
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</descrip>
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<p>or your nearest local mirror site.
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<p>Note that all ports may not be available as packages since
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new ones are constantly being added. It is always a good
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idea to check back periodically to see which packages are available
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at the <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
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name="ftp.FreeBSD.org"> master site.
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<heading>Where do I find libc.so.3.0?</heading>
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<p>You are trying to run a package for 2.2/3.x/4.0 on a 2.1.x
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system. Please take a look at the previous section and get
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the correct port/package for your system.
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<heading>
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ghostscript gives lots of errors with my 386/486SX.<label id="emul">
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</heading>
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<p>You don't have a math co-processor, right?
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You will need to add the alternative math emulator to your kernel;
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you do this by adding the following to your kernel config file
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and it will be compiled in.
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<verb>
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options GPL_MATH_EMULATE
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</verb>
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<p><bf/NOTE/ You will need to remove the <tt/MATH_EMULATE/
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option when you do this.
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<heading>
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When I run a SCO/iBCS2 application, it bombs on <tt/socksys/.
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</heading>
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<p>You first need to edit the <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt>
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(or <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf(5)"
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name="/etc/rc.conf">) file in the last section to change the
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following variable to <tt/YES/:
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<verb>
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# Set to YES if you want ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup
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ibcs2=NO
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</verb>
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<p>It will load the <htmlurl
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ibcs2" name="ibcs2">
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kernel module at startup.
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<p>You'll then need to set up /compat/ibcs2/dev to look like:
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<verb>
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lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Oct 15 22:20 X0R@ -> /dev/null
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lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 Oct 15 22:20 nfsd@ -> socksys
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-rw-rw-r-- 1 root wheel 0 Oct 28 12:02 null
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lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Oct 15 22:20 socksys@ -> /dev/null
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crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 41, 1 Oct 15 22:14 spx
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</verb>
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<p>You just need socksys to go to <htmlurl
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url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?null(4)" name="/dev/null">
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to fake the open & close. The code in -current will handle the
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rest. This is much cleaner than the way it was done before. If you
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want the <tt/spx/ driver for a local socket X connection, define
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<tt/SPX_HACK/ when you compile the system.
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<heading>
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How do I configure INN (Internet News) for my machine?
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</heading>
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<p>After installing the inn package or port, an excellent place to
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start is <url url="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/INN.html"
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name="Dave Barr's INN Page"> where you'll find the INN FAQ.
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<heading>What version of Microsoft FrontPage should I get?</heading>
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<p>Use the Port, Luke! A pre-patched version of Apache is available
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in the ports tree.
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<heading>Does FreeBSD support Java?</heading>
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<p>Yes. Please see <url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/java"
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name="http://www.FreeBSD.org/java">.
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<heading>Why can't I build this port on my 3.x-stable machine?</heading>
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<p>If you're running a FreeBSD version that lags significantly behind
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-current or -stable, you may need a ports upgrade kit from
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<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports"
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name="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports">. If you are up to date, then
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someone might have committed a change to the port which works for
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-current but which broke the port for -stable. Please submit a bug
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report on this with the <em>send-pr(1)</em> command, since the ports
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collection is supposed to work for both the -current and -stable
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branches.
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</sect1>
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<sect1>
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<heading>Where do I find ld.so?</heading>
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<p>If you want to run some aout applications like
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Netscape Navigator on an Elf'ened machine such as 3.1-R or later,
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it would need /usr/libexec/ld.so and some aout libs.
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They are included in the compat22 distribution.
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Use /stand/sysinstall or install.sh in the compat22 subdirectory
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and install it.
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Also read ERRATAs for 3.1-R and 3.2-R.
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</sect1>
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