Re: Please help with abiword 2 and wordperfect files

From: msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Date: Fri Aug 22 2003 - 21:38:18 EDT

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    > 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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