Subject: Re: yellowdog-general Digest 31 Oct 2001 16:39:59 -0000 Issue 564
From: Elaine . (cmap_sec@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2001 - 03:48:07 MST
thanks for info. :)
Elaine
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> On Wednesday 31 October 2001 01:10, Elaine wrote:
>
> > Well I've seen this mentioned before on the list
> but
> > not an answer as things got sidetracked. Any
> binary I
> > try to run I get "cannot execute binary file".
>
> Elaine, most of the Linux binary files out there are
> for x86 machines
> running Linux. That is to say, the binaries contain
> Intel processor
> machine language. To get LInux binaries that run on
> a Mac you
> have to either --
>
> (a) download "Linux PPC" binaries, or
> (b) get the sources (if available) and build them
> yourself (or
> have someone with programming experience do it for
> you).
>
> It happens that both cases you have mentioned are
> NOT ones
> for which there are Linux PPC binaries or freely
> available
> sources. If you look on your Tasty Morsels CD you
> will find
> "Linux PPC" binaries for OpenOffice, an "open
> source" variant
> of StarOffice.
>
> As far as I know there's no Netscape for Linux after
> version 4.7.
> You'll have to use Mozilla or Konqueror (which are
> included with
> Yellow Dog Linux) or Opera, which can be found at
> http://www.opera.com. If you try Opera, again, be
> sure that you
> download the Linux PPC binary of Opera. Go to
>
> http://www.opera.com/download/?platform=linux
>
> and click the "Change..." button, then pick the
> "Linux (PowerPC)"
> download.
>
> Best,
> Patty A. Hardy
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