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6.2. I've been trying to run ghostscript on a 386 (or 486sx) with no math co-processor and I keep getting errors. What's up?

You will need to add the alternate math emulator to your kernel, you do this by adding the following to your kernel config file and it will be compiled in.

            options GPL_MATH_EMULATE
          

NOTE You will need to remove the MATH_EMULATE option when you do this.


Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X : User Applications : I've been trying to run ghostscript on a 386 (or 486sx) with no math co-processor and I keep getting errors. What's up?
Previous: I want to run X, how do I go about it?
Next: I want all this neat software, but I haven't got the space or CPU power to compile it all myself. Is there any way of getting binaries?