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Installating AbiWord on Linux / PowerPC
Welcome to the community of AbiWord users!
The current version of AbiWord (0.7.9) should install and run properly on any Linux system using a PowerPC processor.
AbiWord has been packaged in several different industry standard distribution formats to simplify the installation
onto your system:
- RPM -- LinuxPPC 1999 Q3 or later
- TAR -- for all others
A much more detailed version of these instructions is contained in theREADME.
RPM
The RPM installation process is very simple.
- Download the distribution files (abisuite-0.7.9-1.i386.rpm, 2.6MB).
- Become superuser, and enter the command
rpm - Uvh abisuite-0.7.9-1.i386.rpm
This release of AbiWord was built on a host with all applied updates from ftp://ftp.linuxppc.com/linuxppc-1999/updates/.
Specifically, you will need libstdc++-2.10.0-0a.ppc.rpm
to install this RPM. You may also try the static .tar.gz package if you wish to avoid this upgrade.
If you have any unsatisfied dependencies, then you will have to install
those before you can install Abiword.
- This will install AbiWord and supporting files to /usr/share/abisuite. Symbolic links called AbiWord
and abiword will be placed in /usr/bin/X11 but not to the actual executable. Using the - Uvh
option instead of - will take care of replacing the older version of AbiWord for people who are updating.
- For more information one RPM package dependencies, please see the README.
TAR
There are two versions of the Tar files: one is the statically-linked version and the other is the dynamically-linked
version. The dynamic version is smaller (2.6Mb vs 3.3Mb), our goal is to make use of a number of shared libraries
on your system. If you don't know what this means, select the static version.
The installation process for the static Tar files looks scary, but it is actually quite simple.
- Download the distribution files (abisuite-0.7.9-Linux_i386_static.tar.gz,
3.3MB).
- Copy the files to a directory that you have permission for and open the files:
gunzip - C abisuite-0.7.9-Linux_i386_static.tar.gz |
tar xvf -
... or, if your tar command supports the ' z' flag:
tar xvzf abisuite-0.7.9-Linux_i386_static.tar.gz
Both these commands will create the directory abisuite-0.7.9-Linux_i386_static.
- Change to that directory and become superuser.
- Run the install script like:
/install.sh
- By default, this will install AbiWord and supporting files to the /usr/local/AbiSuite on your hard
drive. You will be given the opportunity to changes this if you wish.
- You will also have the option to create links to the executable in a common bin directory. By default,
this is /usr/local/bin.
- Please consult the README
spins for additional details.
The installation process for the dynamic Tar files (abisuite-0.7.9-Linux_i386_dynamic.tar.gz,
2.6MB) is identical. Simply substitute _ dynamic for _ static in steps 1 and 2 above. If you
want to read more about which libraries and versions that the dynamic version uses, please consult the README.
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