After fiddling with my LD_LIBRARY_PATH, I was able to get AbiWord
to fire up (in a strangely blank-looking window, is that normal?)
and accept some text. When I tried to "Save As," it said:
    DEBUG: invokeMenuMethod: fileSaveAs repeat 1 length 0 with [
    DEBUG: ]
    Gdk-Message: 
    ** ERROR **: sigsegv caught
I'll play some more tomorrow, but it's WAY past bedtime here....
    Larry