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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> You'll need to install gawk.  It's probably in the
> bin.tgz package.  The installation routine should
> symlink it to awk.

Ok.  I'll look into that.

> ldconfig creates the necessary symlinks.  Installing
> icewm.tgz automatically runs ldconfig.  However, if
> you copied libXt AFTER installing icewm.tgz, you will
> need to execute ldconfig yourself.

There were actually a couple of problems here: I should have run
ldconfig--that's true.  More importantly though, I had forgotten about
installing icewm :).  I installed that and, just to be double sure, ran
ldconfig afterward.  Now the graphical installation routine starts and I
get partway through.  So, some progress on that front.  There is some
wierd keyboard mapping though: when I made a mistake and pressed the
backspace key, I get a plus sign (+) over the underslash sign (_).  Some
other keys also don't do what they're supposed to.  And I see in the xterm
where I've started the instllation from things like "Warning: ... not
found while parsing '<key> osfDown:MenuTraverseDown()'.  I have no idea
what to make of that, or if it presents any kind of problem or is related.
The installation eventually peters out, but I think that's because of awk
not being present.  I'll install gawk and see what happens next.

> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > wget ftp://uname:passwd AT ftp.server.addy/dirname/filename
> > ---------------------------------------------------
>
> It's interesting that you are able to do that with the
> busybox wget.  I suppose that syntax is part of the FTP
> protocol.

Found that in a post in the archive from Sindi, I think.

> complicated as wp8.  I've spend days (sometimes weeks)
> trying to get things to work on BL3 (eg GTK) only to
> give up in the end.  It's a dirty job, but (hopefully)
> it will pay off.  Thank you for making the effort.

You're welcome.  I'm hoping I meet with some success eventually, but I've
certainly had my share of frustrations with Linux in all its guises.  I'll
report back after I find out what installing gawk does/doesn't do.

James