%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ AbiWord AbiWord is a word processor which is useful for writing reports, letters and other formatted documents. &lfs74_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &AbiWord-md5sum; Download size: &AbiWord-size; Estimated disk space required: &AbiWord-buildsize; Estimated build time: &AbiWord-time; Additional Downloads AbiWord Docs: AbiWord Docs MD5 sum: &AbiWordDocs-md5sum; AbiWord Docs size: &AbiWordDocs-size; AbiWord Dependencies Required , , , and Recommended Optional Aiksaurus, , Evolution Data Server, , GtkMathView, libchamplain, , , , libwmf, libwpd, libwpg, libwps, Link Grammar Parser, Loudmouth, , Telepathy GLib, OTS Psiconv, and Valgrind To enable many of the optional dependencies, review the information from ./configure --help for the necessary switches you must pass to the configure script. User Notes: Install AbiWord by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make This program does not come with a functional test suite. Now, as the root user: make install If you wish to install the local help files, untar and build them first tar -xf ../abiword-docs-&AbiWord-version;.tar.gz && cd abiword-docs-&AbiWord-version; && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make and then, as the root user: make install --disable-collab-backend-telepathy: This switch disables Telepathy Colab backend which causes build to fail when using recent versions of Telepathy GLib. --without-evolution-data-server: This switch disables AbiWord Evolution Data Server support which is known to fail when using recent versions of Evolution Data Server. --enable-plugins="collab openxml goffice grammar": Build some or all plugins. The openxml plugin enables Abiword to open some .docx files. The grammar plugin requires Link Grammar Parser ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt Choose the right template for your language and locale from the list produced by the following command: ls /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;/templates Create the folder ~/.AbiSuite/templates then copy the normal.awt you want into it: install -v -m750 -d ~/.AbiSuite/templates && install -v -m640 /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;/templates/normal.awt-<lang> \ ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt Change <lang> by the above command to fit the name of the file you want. If you are using multiple languages, you may need to edit the template to use a font with greater coverage (e.g. one of the DejaVu fonts), because Abiword does not use fontconfig and can only display glyphs that are provided in the chosen font. If you have installed, you should run the update-desktop-database command to update the mimeinfo cache and allow the Help system to work. If you have installed, you should run the xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor command to update the menu to display the new icon installed. Installed Program Installed Library Installed Directories abiword libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.so /usr/include/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;, /usr/lib/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;, and /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version; Short Descriptions abiword is the word processor, a wrapper for the functions in libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version; - it can also be used on the command line, see man 1 abiword. abiword libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.so provides functions to access MS Word documents. libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.so