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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-http "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/&AbiWord-version;/source/abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum "8ed5fb282b9741aca75b9e47500d39a1">
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10 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-size "25 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize "262 MB (additional 210 MB to build and install the API docs)">
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12 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-time "4.5 SBU (to build and install the program, docs and all plugins)">
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13 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-minor-version "2.4">
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14 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-under-version "2_4">
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15 | ]>
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16 |
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17 | <sect1 id="abiword" xreflabel="AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;">
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18 | <?dbhtml filename="AbiWord.html" ?>
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19 |
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20 | <sect1info>
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21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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23 | </sect1info>
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24 |
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25 | <title>AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;</title>
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26 |
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27 | <indexterm zone="abiword">
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28 | <primary sortas="a-AbiWord">AbiWord</primary>
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29 | </indexterm>
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30 |
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31 | <sect2 role="package">
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32 | <title>Introduction to AbiWord</title>
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33 |
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34 | <para>The <application>AbiWord</application> package contains a word
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35 | processing application. This is useful for writing reports, letters and
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36 | other formatted documents.</para>
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37 |
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38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-http;"/></para>
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42 | </listitem>
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-ftp;"/></para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &AbiWord-md5sum;</para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download size: &AbiWord-size;</para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &AbiWord-buildsize;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Estimated build time: &AbiWord-time;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | </itemizedlist>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AbiWord Dependencies</bridgehead>
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61 |
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62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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63 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="fribidi"/> and
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64 | <xref linkend="libgnomeprintui"/></para>
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65 |
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66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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67 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> (for GNOME-2 support),
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68 | <xref linkend="gucharmap"/>,
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69 | <xref linkend="enchant"/> (uses
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70 | <xref linkend="aspell"/>),
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71 | <ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/">wv</ulink> (with
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72 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware">libwmf</ulink> installed first), and
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73 | <ulink url="http://valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink></para>
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74 |
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75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for Plugins</bridgehead>
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76 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libgsf"/> (to build the OpenDocument/OpenOffice plugin),
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77 | <xref linkend="poppler"/> (for the pdf plugin, requires installing with unsupported xpdf headers),
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78 | <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
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79 | <!-- Currently Broken <xref linkend="html-tidy"/>, -->
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80 | <!-- Currently Broken <ulink url="http://www.inter7.com/index.php?page=eps">EPS</ulink>, -->
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81 | <xref linkend="nautilus"/> (for GNOME-2 support),
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82 | <xref linkend="goffice"/> (you must use a version of
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83 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/goffice/0.2/">GOffice <0.3.0</ulink>),
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84 | <ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/projects/link-grammar/">Link Grammar</ulink>,
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85 | <ulink url="http://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/">Aiksaurus</ulink>,
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86 | <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/">libgnomedb version <1.3.0</ulink>* (requires
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87 | <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/">libgda version <1.3.0</ulink>),
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88 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware">libwmf</ulink>,
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89 | <ulink url="http://helm.cs.unibo.it/mml-widget/">GtkMathView</ulink> (requires
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90 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmetadom/">Gnome DOM Bindings</ulink> which requires
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91 | <ulink url="http://gdome2.cs.unibo.it/">gdome2</ulink>),
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92 | <ulink url="http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/">libwpd</ulink>,
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93 | <ulink url="http://libots.sourceforge.net/">OTS</ulink>, and
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94 | <ulink url="http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/psiconv/">Psiconv</ulink></para>
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95 |
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96 | <para>* The
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97 | <application>libgda</application>/<application>libgnomedb</application>
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98 | stack required for <application>AbiWord</application> database
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99 | access may conflict with the versions used by the
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100 | <xref linkend="gnumeric"/> database plugin. Though the libraries
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101 | themselves pose no conflict, the executables and support files will
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102 | overwrite one another. Note that the current (version 3.0.x) stack does not
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103 | pose a conflict with any of the previous versions (but does not support
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104 | <application>AbiWord</application> or <application>Gnumeric</application>
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105 | database access. <application>AbiWord</application> requires versions
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106 | <1.3.0 (1.2.2 is known to work).</para>
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107 |
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108 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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109 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/abiword"/></para>
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110 |
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111 | </sect2>
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112 |
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113 | <sect2 role="installation">
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114 | <title>Installation of AbiWord</title>
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115 |
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116 | <para>Install <application>AbiWord</application> by running the following
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117 | commands:</para>
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118 |
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119 | <screen><userinput>cd abi &&
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120 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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121 | make &&
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122 |
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123 | cd ../abiword-plugins &&
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124 | sed -i 's/dictionary_file)/reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char *>(&)/' \
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125 | tools/ots/xp/AbiOts.cpp &&
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126 |
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127 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --without-inter7eps &&
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128 | make &&
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129 |
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130 | cd ..</userinput></screen>
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131 |
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132 | <para>If you wish to create the API documentation,
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133 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/> must be installed and issue the following
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134 | commands:</para>
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135 |
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136 | <screen><userinput>pushd abi &&
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137 | doxygen &&
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138 | popd</userinput></screen>
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139 |
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140 | <para>This package's test suite requires <ulink
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141 | url="http://valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink>. Though the end message will
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142 | indicate the tests failed, there will actually be many tests that run
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143 | to a successful completion. Run the tests by issuing the following
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144 | commands:</para>
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145 |
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146 | <screen><userinput>pushd abi &&
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147 | make check &&
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148 | popd</userinput></screen>
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149 |
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150 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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151 |
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152 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cd abi &&
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153 | make install &&
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154 |
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155 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/abiword-&AbiWord-version; &&
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156 | install -v -m644 docs/*.* \
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157 | /usr/share/doc/abiword-&AbiWord-version; &&
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158 |
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159 | cd ../abiword-plugins &&
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160 | make install &&
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161 |
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162 | cd ..</userinput></screen>
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163 |
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164 | <para><application>AbiWord</application> is now installed and must be used
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165 | to build the Help files. Issue the following commands as an unprivileged
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166 | user:</para>
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167 |
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168 | <screen><userinput>pushd abiword-docs &&
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169 | ./make-html.sh &&
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170 | cd ..</userinput></screen>
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171 |
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172 | <!-- removing this as it does exactly the same thing as
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173 | the make-html.sh does ./make-gnome-html.sh && -->
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174 |
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175 | <para>Then as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
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176 | install the help files:</para>
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177 |
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178 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 man/abiword.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
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179 | install -v -m644 Manual/en/Abiword_Manual.abw \
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180 | /usr/share/doc/abiword-&AbiWord-version; &&
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181 | cp -v -Rf help /usr/share/AbiSuite-&AbiWord-minor-version;/AbiWord &&
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182 | find /usr/share/AbiSuite-&AbiWord-minor-version;/AbiWord/help \
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183 | -type d -exec chmod -v 755 {} \;</userinput></screen>
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184 |
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185 | <para>If you have a <application>GNOME</application> installation, issue
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186 | the following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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187 | user to install the <application>AbiWord</application> Bonobo component
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188 | description file:</para>
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189 |
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190 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 abidistfiles/GNOME_AbiWord_Control_&AbiWord-under-version;.server \
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191 | $(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/bonobo/servers &&
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192 |
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193 | if [ $(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) != "/usr" ]; then
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194 | rmdir -v /usr/lib/{bonobo/servers,bonobo}
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195 | fi</userinput></screen>
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196 |
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197 | <para>If you built the API documentation, install it by issuing the
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198 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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199 | user:</para>
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200 |
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201 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/abiword-&AbiWord-version;/api &&
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202 |
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203 | for FILENAME in $(ls abi/docs/dox/html); do
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204 | install -v -m644 abi/docs/dox/html/${FILENAME} \
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205 | /usr/share/doc/abiword-&AbiWord-version;/api
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206 | done</userinput></screen>
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207 |
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208 | </sect2>
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209 |
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210 | <sect2 role="commands">
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211 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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212 |
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213 | <para><parameter>--without-inter7eps</parameter>: Some of the headers from
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214 | the <application>EPS</application> package are not compatible with
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215 | <application>GCC</application>-&gcc-version;. This parameter prevents
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216 | linking to the package and incurring a build failure.</para>
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217 |
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218 | <para><command>sed -i '...' tools/ots/xp/AbiOts.cpp </command>:
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219 | This command is used to fix an incompatibility with
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220 | <application>GCC</application> and the
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221 | <application>libots</application> package.</para>
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222 |
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223 | <para><command>if [ ... != "/usr" ]; then ...;fi</command>:
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224 | This command is used to remove unneeded directories if the
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225 | <application>GNOME</application> installation is in any prefix
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226 | other than <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>.</para>
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227 |
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228 | </sect2>
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229 |
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230 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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231 | <title>Configuring AbiWord</title>
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232 |
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233 | <sect3 id="abiword-config">
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234 | <title>Config File</title>
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235 |
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236 | <para><filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename></para>
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237 |
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238 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-config">
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239 | <primary sortas="e-AA.AbiSuite-templates-normal">~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</primary>
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240 | </indexterm>
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241 |
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242 | </sect3>
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243 |
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244 | <sect3>
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245 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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246 |
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247 | <para>Choose the right template for your language and locale from the
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248 | list produced by the following command:</para>
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249 |
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250 | <screen><userinput>ls /usr/share/AbiSuite-&AbiWord-minor-version;/templates</userinput></screen>
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251 |
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252 | <para>Create the folder
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253 | <filename class='directory'>~/.AbiSuite/templates</filename> then copy the
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254 | <filename>normal.awt</filename> you want into it:</para>
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255 |
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256 | <screen><userinput>install -v -m750 -d ~/.AbiSuite/templates &&
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257 | install -v -m640 /usr/share/AbiSuite-&AbiWord-minor-version;/templates/normal.awt-<replaceable><lang></replaceable> \
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258 | ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</userinput></screen>
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259 |
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260 | <para>Change <replaceable><lang></replaceable> in the above
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261 | command to fit the name of the file you want.</para>
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262 |
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263 | <para>If you have <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> installed,
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264 | you should run the <command>update-desktop-database</command> command
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265 | to update the mimeinfo cache and allow the Help system to work.</para>
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266 |
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267 | </sect3>
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268 |
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269 | </sect2>
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270 |
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271 | <sect2 role="content">
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272 | <title>Contents</title>
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273 |
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274 | <segmentedlist>
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275 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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276 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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277 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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278 |
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279 | <seglistitem>
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280 | <seg>abiword, AbiWord-&AbiWord-minor-version;, ttfadmin.sh, and ttftool</seg>
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281 | <seg>Numerous plugin library support modules</seg>
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282 | <seg>/usr/lib/AbiWord-&AbiWord-minor-version; and
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283 | /usr/share/AbiSuite-&AbiWord-minor-version;</seg>
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284 | </seglistitem>
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285 | </segmentedlist>
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286 |
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287 | <variablelist>
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288 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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289 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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290 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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291 |
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292 | <varlistentry id="abiword-prog">
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293 | <term><command>abiword</command></term>
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294 | <listitem>
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295 | <para>is a symbolic link to the main
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296 | <command>AbiWord-&AbiWord-minor-version;</command>
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297 | executable.</para>
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298 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-prog">
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299 | <primary sortas="g-abiword">abiword</primary>
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300 | </indexterm>
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301 | </listitem>
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302 | </varlistentry>
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303 |
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304 | <varlistentry id="AbiWord-version-number">
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305 | <term><command>AbiWord-&AbiWord-minor-version;</command></term>
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306 | <listitem>
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307 | <para>is the word-processing program executable.</para>
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308 | <indexterm zone="abiword AbiWord-version-number">
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309 | <primary sortas="b-AbiWord-&AbiWord-minor-version;">AbiWord-&AbiWord-minor-version;</primary>
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310 | </indexterm>
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311 | </listitem>
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312 | </varlistentry>
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313 |
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314 | <varlistentry id="ttfadmin.sh">
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315 | <term><command>ttfadmin.sh</command></term>
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316 | <listitem>
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317 | <para>generates support files required by
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318 | <application>AbiWord</application> for each TrueType font in a
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319 | given directory.</para>
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320 | <indexterm zone="abiword ttfadmin.sh">
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321 | <primary sortas="b-ttfadmin.sh">ttfadmin.sh</primary>
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322 | </indexterm>
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323 | </listitem>
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324 | </varlistentry>
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325 |
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326 | <varlistentry id="ttftool">
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327 | <term><command>ttftool</command></term>
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328 | <listitem>
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329 | <para>is a utility for processing TrueType fonts.</para>
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330 | <indexterm zone="abiword ttftool">
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331 | <primary sortas="b-ttftool">ttftool</primary>
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332 | </indexterm>
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333 | </listitem>
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334 | </varlistentry>
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335 |
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336 | </variablelist>
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337 |
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338 | </sect2>
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339 |
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340 | </sect1>
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