in plan9

Abaco

  • To install abaco.

 

% 9fs sources; /n/sources/contrib/fgb/root/rc/bin/contrib/install fgb/contrib
  • To get cookies working in abaco (so you can log into gmail, for example)

 

% 9fs sources
% cp /n/sources/contrib/fgb/cookies.c /sys/src/cmd/webfs
% cd /sys/src/cmd/webfs
% mk
% mk install

To run abaco, we need to start «webfs» first.

If webfs complains with: «webfs: readjar: cannot read cookie file /usr/glenda/lib/webcookies: ‘/usr/glenda/lib/webcookies’ does not exist»

We can do:

% touch /usr/glenda/lib/webcookies

In case our user were glenda, replace it with the user we are using.

  • To change abaco’s fonts.

With fgb’s contrib tools:

% contrib/install fgb/freefont
% cp /sys/src/cmd/abaco/abaco.fonts $home/lib
  • Plan9 can also run on Unix-like operating systems, thanks to «Plan 9 from User Space»: plan9port