Linux Compat, what am I missing?

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phalange

From the handbook I install the Linux Compat layer. Then I downloaded an RPM to to test -- namely the nordvpn RPM -- and again followed the handbook:

I installed rpm4,
# cd /compat/linux
# rpm2cpio < /path/to/linux.archive.rpm | cpio -id

And I get a stdio of the elements in the rpm printed to my terminal. Now what?

Do I copy them manually into the corresponding /compat/linux folders?
 
SirDice said:
You installed that RPM, maybe test it to see if it works?
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The handbook says
To install a Linux® RPM-based application, first install the archivers/rpm4 package or port. Once installed, root can use this command to install a .rpm:
# cd /compat/linux
# rpm2cpio < /path/to/linux.archive.rpm | cpio -id


But this only produces standard output of what's in the RPM along with the Linux paths.

That's why I ask if the unwritten next step is to manually copy the files using this output as a kind of map?

Using rpm --install the.rpm doesn't complete. I get an error about a missing library, although searching the /compat folder shows this library seems to exist.
 
phalange said:
The handbook says
To install a Linux® RPM-based application, first install the archivers/rpm4 package or port. Once installed, root can use this command to install a .rpm:
# cd /compat/linux
# rpm2cpio < /path/to/linux.archive.rpm | cpio -id


But this only produces standard output of what's in the RPM along with the Linux paths.

That's why I ask if the unwritten next step is to manually copy the files using this output as a kind of map?

Using rpm --install the.rpm doesn't complete. I get an error about a missing library, although searching the /compat folder shows this library seems to exist.
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EDIT:
Perhaps I misunderstood your suggestion -- if you mean, did I try to run the installed program, then yes. But it doesn't appear to have actually been installed anywhere. Searching the whole file system from / I don't see the binary anywhere, even in a wrong place.
 
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