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diff --git a/FAQ/applications.sgml b/FAQ/applications.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index fca8aa6acf..0000000000 --- a/FAQ/applications.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,138 +0,0 @@ -<!-- $Id: applications.sgml,v 1.9 1999-01-21 01:49:12 jkh Exp $ --> -<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> - - <sect> - <heading>User Applications<label id="applications"></heading> - - <sect1> - <heading>So, where are all the user applications?</heading> - - <p>Please take a look at <url url="../ports/" - name="the ports page"> for info on software packages ported to - FreeBSD. The list currently tops 1800 and is growing daily, so come - back to check often or subscribe to the <tt/freebsd-announce/ - <ref id="mailing" name="mailing list"> for periodic updates on new - entries. - - <p>Most ports should be available for the 2.2, 3.x and 4.0 - branches, and many of them should work on 2.1.x systems as - well. Each time a FreeBSD release is made, a snapshot of the - ports tree at the time of release in also included in the - <tt>ports/</tt> directory. - - <p>We also support the concept of a ``package'', essentially no - more than a gzipped binary distribution with a little extra - intelligence embedded in it for doing whatever custom installation - work is required. A package can be installed and uninstalled - again easily without having to know the gory details of which - files it includes. - - <p>Use the package installation menu in <tt>/stand/sysinstall</tt> - (under the post-configuration menu item) or invoke the - <em>pkg_add(1)</em> command on the specific package files you're - interested in installing. Package files can usually be identified by - their <em>.tgz</em> suffix and CDROM distribution people will have - a <tt>packages/All</tt> directory on their CD which contains such - files. They can also be downloaded over the net for various versions - of FreeBSD at the following locations: - - <descrip> - <tag>for 2.2.8-release/2.2.8-stable</tag> - <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-2.2.8/" - name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-2.2.8/"> - - <tag>for 4.0-current</tag> - <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3.0/" - name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3.0/"> - </descrip> - - <p>or your nearest local mirror site. - - <p>Note that all ports may not be available as packages since - new ones are constantly being added. It is always a good - idea to check back periodically to see which packages are available - at the <url url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/" - name="ftp.freebsd.org"> master site. - - <sect1> - <heading>Where do I find libc.so.3.0?</heading> - - <p>You are trying to run a package for 2.2/3.x/4.0 on a 2.1.x - system. Please take a look at the previous section and get - the correct port/package for your system. - - <sect1> - <heading> - ghostscript gives lots of errors with my 386/486SX.<label id="emul"> - </heading> - - <p>You don't have a math co-processor, right? - You will need to add the alternative math emulator to your kernel; - you do this by adding the following to your kernel config file - and it will be compiled in. - - <verb> - options GPL_MATH_EMULATE - </verb> - - <p><bf/NOTE/ You will need to remove the <tt/MATH_EMULATE/ - option when you do this. - - <sect1> - <heading> - When I run a SCO/iBCS2 application, it bombs on <tt/socksys/. - </heading> - - <p>You first need to edit the <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> - (or <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf(5)" - name="/etc/rc.conf">) file in the last section to change the - following variable to <tt/YES/: - - <verb> - # Set to YES if you want ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup - ibcs2=NO - </verb> - - <p>It will load the <htmlurl - url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ibcs2" name="ibcs2"> - kernel module at startup. - - <p>You'll then need to set up /compat/ibcs2/dev to look like: - - <verb> -lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Oct 15 22:20 X0R@ -> /dev/null -lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 Oct 15 22:20 nfsd@ -> socksys --rw-rw-r-- 1 root wheel 0 Oct 28 12:02 null -lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Oct 15 22:20 socksys@ -> /dev/null -crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 41, 1 Oct 15 22:14 spx - </verb> - - <p>You just need socksys to go to <htmlurl - url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?null(4)" name="/dev/null"> - to fake the open & close. The code in -current will handle the - rest. This is much cleaner than the way it was done before. If you - want the <tt/spx/ driver for a local socket X connection, define - <tt/SPX_HACK/ when you compile the system. - - <sect1> - <heading> - How do I configure INN (Internet News) for my machine? - </heading> - - <p>After installing the inn package or port, an excellent place to - start is <url url="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~barr/INN.html" - name="Dave Barr's INN Page"> where you'll find the INN FAQ. - - </sect1> - <sect1> - - <heading>What version of Microsoft FrontPage should I get? - </heading> - - <p>Use the Port, Luke! A pre-patched version of Apache is available in the ports tree. - </p> - - </sect1> - - </sect> - |