%general-entities; ]> $Date$ AbiWord AbiWord is a word processor which is useful for writing reports, letters and other formatted documents. &lfs101_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; Required patch: AbiWord Dependencies Required , , , , and Recommended Optional , , , , , , , , , . Aiksaurus, GtkMathView, libwmf, libwpd, libwpg, libwps, Link Grammar Parser, Loudmouth, OTS, and Psiconv 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: First, fix a build failure when using GCC-11: patch -Np1 -i ../abiword-&AbiWord-version;-gcc11_fixes-1.patch Install AbiWord by running the following commands: sed -e "s/free_suggestions/free_string_list/" \ -e "s/_to_personal//" \ -e "s/in_session/added/" \ -i src/af/xap/xp/enchant_checker.cpp && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make This program does not come with a functional test suite. Now, as the root user: make install In order to install the local help files, a graphics session is recommended. If you wish to install the local help files, untar and build them first: The current version of the docs expands to abiword-docs-3.0.1 and not the expected abiword-docs-3.0.2. tar -xf ../abiword-docs-&AbiWord-docs-version;.tar.gz && cd abiword-docs-3.0.1 && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make and then, as the root user: make install sed ...: This command corrects the source for changes in the dependency . --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 , 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, for the installed icon to be displayed in the menu item. 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