Re: Please help with abiword 2 and wordperfect files

From: Michael Braun (mbraun@uci.edu)
Date: Sat Aug 23 2003 - 03:03:42 EDT

  • Next message: Alan Horkan: "Re: Please help with abiword 2 and wordperfect files"

    On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:38:18 +1000 (EST), <msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au>
    wrote:

    >> Unless I'm looking in the wrong place the wordperfect plugin filter is
    >> not in the abiword plugins directory. If someone sees it there would
    >> you please provide me with a link?
    >>
    >> The only thing I have found is the source to a package of abiword
    >> plugins--but no wordperfect filter by itself. Has it been changed? When
    >> I try to compile it, however, it tells me I need to give it the path to
    >> abiword. My path to abiword is /usr/share/Abisuite-2.0/ or
    >> /usr/share/Abisuite-2.0/Abiword-2.0/ (I don't know which directory
    >> ./configure wants). If someone could tell me what exactly to type
    >> ./configure -path= (I think, but not sure) I would greatly appreciate
    >> it.
    >>
    >> I guess the final thing is whether or not it matters what order I
    >> install the stuff. Do I need to unmerge abiword, compile libwpd, and
    >> then recompile abiword with any particular command? Or can I just leave
    >> it be and compile the libwpd?
    >
    > Who knows how gentoo does their magic. I don't. Ask on a gentoo mailing
    > list. Frankly I always thought gentoo was for hackers who could work all
    > this stuff out for themselves.
    >
    > Otherwise install debian and get a sane binary distro which fully
    > supports
    > AbiWord.
    >
    > Cheers
    >
    > Martin
    >
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    pssst...be nice... I was compiling from source, hence the "compile" and
    "./configure". Don't really see a reason why a gentoo listserv would give
    me any greater insight to compiling abiword and libwpd than those who
    wrote it--do you?
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