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