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|    Chad Adams to All    |
|    Re: Issue installing    |
|    25 Nov 17 08:24:22    |
      Thanks for telling me rather!               Cheers and happy thanksgiving.               On 02:22 25/11 , Chad Adams wrote:       >I guess that's where I was pulling my hair. I read the docs and never found       >anything saying what libraries were needed to just get it to run.        >       >I understand the message was from it looking for the executable. Not a big       >deal, but tat library is not default installed on Ubuntu server (maybe other       >flavors if Debian based) but without knowing I would never know.       >       >Bbbs has good documentation for the most part but the install is lacking. It       >literally had no troubleshooting that I found and just assumes it installs       >fine. There are many packages of libraries out there that in current days       >might be needed.       >       >Not bashing anything just giving BBbS some feedback. Do what you like. BBBS       >is somewhat complicated and this is a tough issue if you don't know BBBS such       >as myself being a new user to it. And everyone on here didn't think of it       >either, or even know, becau       >People asked about my permissions. I wrote at least 5 times permissions were       >right.        >       >But it's all working. Just wanted to provide some feedback in maybe something       >that would help new users. Only reason I posted my experience.        >       >And that's for Telling me about file which lead me to the issue.       >       >On 00:32 25/11 , mark lewis wrote:       >>       >> On 2017 Nov 24 21:27:50, you wrote to All:       >>       >> CA> I had a library missing that bbbs relies on. Bbbs doesn't give a very       >> CA> good error message [...]       >>       >>FWIW: that really isn't BBBS giving that error message... it is but it       >isn't...       >> it is the library code that emits that... something very similar is seen on       >>pure 64bit systems when trying to run 32bit binaries on them... basically it       >is       >> complaining that it cannot find the shared library that it needs so in a       way,       >>the "file not found" response is correct... it just doesn't tell you which       >>file... sadly, there's not much the maintainer can do about that other than       to       >>try to document what external libraries are needed to execute the program...       >>       >>)\/(ark       >>       >>Always Mount a Scratch Monkey       >>Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin'       it       >>wrong...       >>... Begin at the beginning and go on until you come to the end; then stop.       >>---       >> * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)        >>       >       >--        >yrNews Usenet Reader for iOS       >http://appstore.com/yrNewsUsenetReader       >       >--- Mystic BBS/NNTP v1.12 A36 2017/11/21 (Linux/64)       > * Origin: -=The ByteXchange BBS : bbs.thebytexchange.com=- (1:130/210)        >              --        yrNews Usenet Reader for iOS       http://appstore.com/yrNewsUsenetReader              --- Mystic BBS/NNTP v1.12 A36 2017/11/21 (Linux/64)        * Origin: -=The ByteXchange BBS : bbs.thebytexchange.com=- (1:130/210)    |
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