[Sunhelp] KDE on solaris Sparc?

[James Lockwood]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Craig Morehouse wrote:

> Has anyone been able to run the KDE environment on Solaris (Sparc

Yes.  Compile it.

It's still rife with Linux/BSDisms but is workable.

> Version?). I read that it could be done on the Intel version using
> LXRUN, but how would it be done on a real Sparc machine?
> 
> Point me to a FAQ if I'm missing the obvious, but what does it take to
> run Linux Binaries on Sparc Solaris in general? Is it so easy I needn't
> worry about it, or is it simply such a pain-in-the-wazoo that no one
> tries or cares?

I certainly don't.  The amount of software available for Linux/Sparc that
comes without source is essentially zero, and it is always better to
recompile if you can.

-James