On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 07:55:13PM -0400, Jeff Flowers wrote:
> I have downloaded and installed the Emacs package from ftp.netbsd.org. While
> it installed with no problem, it will not run. When I type "emacs", I get:
> 
> Shared object "libXaw.so.7" not found
> 
> I know that this is an X-Window thing, and that Emacs has X-Window support, 
> but why do I need to have X installed just to run Emacs. Is there a way
> around this, aside from installing from pkgsrc?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeff Flowers
> 

do you have this in your /etc/ld.so.conf ?

/usr/X11R6/lib

you at least need that.
see mine

/usr/local/lib
/usr/pkg/lib
/usr/X11R6/lib
/usr/X11R6/qt2/lib

try that and run ldconfig
hope it will work


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