Re: Amazing Omission in 1.0.2

From: Mark Gilbert (webmaster@dofty.zzn.com)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 18:40:52 EDT

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    Try 'gmake install', and Mr. Eschenberg please dont be so quick to
    judge. If I were quick to judge, I might judge you an idiot for being
    unable to install abiword. But that would be a shame wouldn't it.

    Much irked
    -MG

    On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 12:27, Alan Horkan wrote:
    >
    > Amazing omission! mumble mumble mumble <censored>
    >
    > compiling from scratch is different from installing binaries please be
    > specific. sounds like you are compiling from scratch.
    >
    > if you have compiled abiword from source and if i remember correctly there
    > will be a binary Abiword_s in a directory or subdirectory of obj.
    >
    > I am not a mind reader exactly which commands did you run, which web page
    > specifically are you talking about?
    > There is documentation of the build instructions around somewhere
    > (...looks around for a bit...)
    > I look at the download page and i think i can guess. From the download
    > page it says:
    >
    > "This may take a few minutes to complete, but should compile and install
    > AbiWord. For a listing of common (and a couple not-so-common) build
    > options, see abi/BUILD.TXT."
    >
    > Sincerely
    > Alan Horkan
    >
    > PS why not use the prebuilt binaries?
    >
    > On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Kent Eschenberg wrote:
    >
    > > Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 12:02:23 -0400
    > > From: Kent Eschenberg <eschenbe@psc.edu>
    > > To: abiword-user@abisource.com
    > > Subject: Amazing Omission in 1.0.2
    > >
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > How do you start Abiword?
    > >
    > > There are no instructions on the web page on how to start the program. The
    > > tutorial on the web page is blank, and the FAQ doesn't cover this question.
    > >
    > > There are no files in the distribution with names like "README" or
    > > "GETTING_STARTED" that describe how to run it.
    > >
    > > After the installation, I looked for something named "abiword" in /bin,
    > > /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin and /usr/lib. I looked all through all of the
    > > directories in the distribution.
    > >
    > > I downloaded Abiword 1.0.2 and ran the commands just as your web page says,
    > > including using gmake. My machine uses Redhat Linux 7.1. There seemed to be
    > > no errors during the make.
    >
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