Subject: Re: Installing AbiWord 0.9.4
From: Reuben D Budiardja (reubendb@goshen.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 30 2001 - 11:39:20 CST
I have been upgrading abiword everytime a newer version came out since 0.74.
I always use the GTK version, and has never had a major problem with
dependencies. Minor ones, yes, + that font can't load error. But all can be
solved in less than 30 minutes. Maybe I am just lucky, but I'd suggest to use
the GTk version if you're not sure about your system (as they said in the
website).
BTW, I use Redhat (was 7.0, 7.1, and just upgraded now to 7.2).
rdb
On Tuesday 30 October 2001 11:47 am, you wrote:
> Larry Reznick wrote:
> > Happy House wrote:
>
> -snip of Larry's and Happy House's analysis of Abiword install problems on
> RH 7.x-
>
> Just an aside as a RH user who has been frustrated by the latest Abiword.
> As devoted as I am to Abiword, I am a bit put off by the nest of
> dependencies that the latest install is mired in. It becomes a scavenger
> hunt, and as others have noted, things break while one tries to fix this
> one app.
>
> I understand that Linux is not Abiword's only platform, and that RH !=
> Linux, but it seems to me that this is still an important enough platform
> that we could expect better integration.
>
> BTW, I'm not a fan of Ximian (if I wanted the Windoze look-n-feel, I'd get
> Windows), so I'm a bit put off by the "install Ximian and all your problems
> will go away" directive. Nevertheless, I did (install Ximian) on one box,
> and it didn't (solve any Abiword problems).
>
> I certainly hope that by 1.0 you'll have a more forgiving and robust
> installation procedure. I can't dedicate my machines -- or my time -- to
> getting Abiword just right. Pity -- it's a cool WP.
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