Re: AbiWord plugins won't load automatically

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 5:12 PM, William Hoza <grumpybuffalo@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I am trying to compile AbiWord 2.6.3 from source, but the plugins will
> not load automatically once I finish. (I do have the option for
> autoloading plugins enabled.)
>
> I am compiling AbiWord first, using these commands:
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> ./configure --prefix=/packages/abiword-2.6.3
> make
> make install
>
> I then run a script I wrote which links every file in
> /packages/abiword-2.6.3 into the /usr hierarchy.
>
> Then I compile AbiWord-Plugins, using these commands:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/packages/abiword-plugins-2.6.3 --with-boost=/usr
> --with-abiword=/sources/abiword-2.6.3/abiword-2.6.3-source/
> make
> make install
>
> Then I run that script again, linking every file from
> /packages/abiword-plugins-2.6.3 into /usr.
>
> If I open AbiWord, the plugins are not active. If I open the
> Tools-->Plugins dialog, it shows no active plugins. The Install button
> opens a file chooser dialog in /root (I am running AbiWord as root).
> If I browse to /usr/lib/abiword-2.6.3/plugins, I can choose a plugin
> shared library file (*.so) and it runs just fine.
>
> I am using a Linux From Scratch based system. (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org)
>
> Does anybody know what I am doing wrong? Should I compile AbiWord or
> AbiWord Plugins differently? Is there a directory where AbiWord looks
> for plugins, so I can move the shared library files? Is there some
> preference I don't know about? I have been trying to figure this out
> for several hours, but I can't find anything.

Is "Automatically load all plugins found" checked in Edit > Preferences?
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Received on Tue Jun 24 00:35:19 2008