[rescue] Sun-HOWTO

[Bill Bradford]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 08:04:32PM -0400, Mike Dombrowski wrote:
> >  c.  Where's the compiler?
> >   I.  How to get/install GCC
> Also, what packages are needed to get gcc working, the libraries, 
> etc.

Just the gcc package, last time I installed it.  

> >   II.  Forte personal free license
> What is this? Sun is giving away their compilers now?

You can get a "personal use" license or 30-day evaluation keys.

> >  c.  (optional) compiling XFree86 on Solaris/SPARC
> What does this get you/how does it work? I'm kinda disgusted with 
> Sun's X, all I want is a clean install with Blackbox + KDE. I was 
> going to try it out on my latest Solaris out but chickened out at the 
> last minute.

Why disgusted?  I've never had any problems using stuff on top of
Sun's X... the only time I ran XFree was when I had 8-bit systems
and needed a bit "leaner" X server.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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