Re: Installing complete Abiword in Linux

Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> Radovan Omorjan wrote:
>
>> I would kindly ask someone to explain what is needed to install complete
>> Abiword version in Linux (Abiword+plugins+tools -dictionary, equation
>> editing). I could not figure it out how to do that from Aiword site
>> (which files, libraries etc.). I did that in Windows (one has to
>> download few exe files and that's it). The most preferable way for me
>> would be if there are already Linux packages made (Slackware for
>> instance). I could not find that by googling.
>>
>
> You would have to build it from source. This is documented on the
> developer section of the website. Or try the autopackage version, that
> unfortunately is not the latest version.
>
>
> Hub
>
>
Apart from the Autopackage (which is sadly out of date) AbiSource does
not distribute binary releases for Linux at this time. Fedora Core
users can get the latest version from Fedora Extras (supports FC3, 4,
5), and Ubuntu Dapper (6.06) also contains the most recent version of
AbiWord.

Users of other distributions are urged to check whether their
distribution provides an AbiWord installation, and if not, to suggest
one. There may be community sites where AbiWord binaries are
distributed for your distribution, however, these are not inspected or
tested by the AbiSource community. (for instance, Slackware has
linuxpackages.net, where some volunteer has uploaded 2.4.1, but no more
recent versions). In lieu of a distro-specific package, please try
either the Autopackage, or compiling from source - AbiWord uses the
standard autotools, and should be compatible with "checkinstall", a
program to make installed-from-source applications cooperate with
distribution package managers. Build documentation can be found in the
tarball.

Good luck, and thanks for using AbiWord!

Ryan

-- 
Ryan Pavlik
AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer
www.abisource.com
"Optimism is the father that leads to achievement." - Helen Keller
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