Re: source code tarball

John R. Culleton wrote:
> I am looking for an Abiword gzipped tarball, so I can run ./configure,
> make and make install like a normal linux package. I understand that
> the developers have fallen in love with something new, just as other
> developers have fallen in love with cmake and so on. But I don't
> have time to learn new install method every time I download a
> package. So is there a conventional tarball with Makefile etc.
> available for Abiword?
>
> I guess ./configure; make; make install was just too simple and
> foolproof.
>
I'm not sure what you mean by your inflammatory statements: I doubt the
developers have "fallen in love with something new". On the stable
download page, http://www.abisource.com/download/ , there is a source
code link that goes to the 2.4.6 tarball, with configure, make, make
install as the standard method - cd into the "abi" directory first. If
you're a developer, the source for AbiWord 2.5.1 comes in three tarballs
(one for AbiWord, one for plugins, one for docs, plus an extra for
packaging pieces. If you're really a developer, then you use SVN to get
the latest development code, which is what I suspect you mean by the
"something new" - however, that's just another way to get the source.

If you're an end-user, we recommend you get AbiWord from your
distribution, so that it is updated along with the rest of the software
on your system and so that the package can be tracked. Installing from
source isn't for everyone.

May I also remind you, whether you are a user or developer, that one
will attract more flies with honey than vinegar. This guide is a good
way to getting the answers you desire:
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thanks for (trying) using AbiWord!

Ryan

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Ryan Pavlik
AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer, Art Lead: www.abisource.com
AbiWord Community Outreach Project: www.cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/
"Optimism is the father that leads to achievement."
 -- Helen Keller
"The folder structure in a modern Linux distribution such as Ubuntu
was largely inspired by the original UNIX foundations that were
created by men with large beards and sensible jumpers."
 -- Jono Bacon, The Ubuntu Guide
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