Trouble With Linux Compatibility

[Drew Tomlinson]

Roman Divacky wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 12:41:28PM -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>   
>> I have never used linux compatibility before.  I followed the 
>> instructions from the handbook and have the linux kernel module loaded, 
>> a procfs filesystem mounted, and linux_base-fc4 and additional libraries 
>> installed.
>>
>> urchin# kldstat
>> Id Refs Address            Size     Name
>> 1   11 0xffffffff80100000 6a85c8   kernel
>> 2    1 0xffffffff807a9000 20220    geom_mirror.ko
>> 3    2 0xffffffffb04b7000 17b8a    linux.ko
>> 4    1 0xffffffffb051f000 3457     linprocfs.ko
>>
>> urchin# df -h
>> Filesystem            Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
>> /dev/mirror/gm0s1a    496M    243M    213M    53%    /
>> devfs                 1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /dev
>> /dev/mirror/gm0s1d    224G    7.7G    198G     4%    /usr
>> linprocfs             4.0K    4.0K      0B   100%    /usr/compat/linux/proc
>>
>> urchin# portversion -v | grep linux
>> linux-expat                 =  up-to-date with port
>> linux-fontconfig            =  up-to-date with port
>> linux-glib2                 =  up-to-date with port
>> linux-openmotif             =  up-to-date with port
>> linux-xorg-libs             =  up-to-date with port
>> linux_base-fc4              =  up-to-date with port
>>
>> I am trying to install a linux rpm of Legato Networker Backup Client.  
>> However I get these errors:
>>
>> urchin# rpm -i --dbpath /var/lib/rpm --root /compat/linux --test 
>> lgtoclnt-7.3.4-1.i686.rpm
>> error: failed dependencies:
>>     
>
> I suggest you chroot into the linuxulator first.... 
>   

Thank you for your reply.  However I do not understand what to do.  If I 
chroot into /compat/linux, then I lose the ability to run rpm because it 
is not in my path and I can't access from chroot environment.  I read 
the Handbook section again.  I don't find any mention of chroot.  I have 
also been reading the following two guides in an effort to figure this out.

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/01/12/Big_Scary_Daemons.html?page=1
http://www.linux.com/articles/53055

The O'Reilly article doesn't mention chroot.  The linux.com article 
makes mention of it as optional to run linux binaries already 
installed.  However I don't have any installed.  Is there some linux rpm 
port I need to install?

I'm having a tough time grasping the concepts.  Help!?!

Thanks,

Drew


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