To: Sniper
  Re: Re: thoughts....
  By: Sniper to Digital Man on Sat Jul 19 2003 02:01 pm

 >  >  > cd /usr/lib
 >  >  > ln -s /src/sbbs3/gcc.linux.lib.debug/*.so
 >  >  > ln -s /lib/mozilla/*/linux.debug/*.so
 >  >  >
 >  >
 >  > Tried that... the first command worked, but the second I get a
 >  >
 >  > ln: `./*.so': File exists
 > 
 >  DM> You probabably already have a libnspr4.so file in your /usr/lib
 >  DM> directory then. So ln -s /lib/mzilla/js/linux.debug/*.so instead.
 > 
 > Nope, that didn't work either... <even the misspelling..>  :)  had to
 > try... Anyway, what I was after... I need to install any version, if you
 > would have read my first note, I was trying to get the released version,
 > and it would end up failing, not able to get the source file size... 

The installer (Linux-install) has known issues on RedHat Linux 9, don't use it.
Follow the step-by-step instructions in the current sbbsunix.txt file instead.

 > I couldn't get it from the CVS <next option in the installer> either...

Don't use the installer.

 > so, was attempting to get some version working so, tried the
 > "Unstable"... See, I got dosemu running finally... and want to start
 > playing with the doors and such...
 > 
 > What I finally did, was ftp into the cvs server and download the
 > sbbs_src.tgz file... then ran the installer and it found it locally, and
 > it seems to be... well, that failed now too... Ok.. going to start it
 > installing again as root, instead of BBS..  Anyway, I'm still trying to
 > get something going here so I can play with this dosemu... Thats all I'm
 > after...
 > 
 > Now... If I get my doors working... then my next toy will be binkd which
 > I have installed, but haven't configured... <not sure if it does
 > packet+2 that my downlink is using... haven't found the capabilites
 > for it in the docs yet...<still reading.>  Once I have doors, mailer,
 > working, I'll move everything else from the XP to the Debian system...
 > <I hate windows!>
 > 
 > 
 > ok.. this is getting frustrating... the install has now failed twice...
 > 
 > Same place...
 > C src/sbbs3/useredit/UserEdit.res
 > make: *** [/usr/local/sbbs/src/sbbs3] Error 1
 > make failure.

Don't use the installer.

                                                  digital man

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