%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ AbiWord The AbiWord package contains a word processing application. This is useful for writing reports, letters and other formatted documents. 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; AbiWord Dependencies Required and Optional Enchant (uses ), , and wv (with libwmf installed first) Optional for Plugins (needed to build the OpenDocument/OpenOffice plugin), (for the pdf plugin), , , , Aiksaurus, libgda, libgnomedb, libwmf, libwpd, OTS and Psiconv User Notes: Install AbiWord by running the following commands: cd abiword-plugins && ./configure --prefix=/usr --without-inter7eps && make && cd ../abi && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && cp -v -R docs /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord && cd ../abiword-plugins && make install If you have a GNOME-2 installation, issue the following command as the root user to install the AbiWord Bonobo component description file: cd .. && install -v -m644 abidistfiles/GNOME_AbiWord_Control_2_4.server \ $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/bonobo/servers Build the help files by issuing the following commands as an unprivileged user: cd abiword-docs && sed -i 's@AbiWord-2.0@abiword@' make-gnome-html.sh && ./make-gnome-html.sh && ./make-html.sh Then, as the root user, install the help files: install -v -m644 man/abiword.1 /usr/share/man/man1 && install -v -m644 Manual/en/Abiword_Manual.abw \ /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/docs && cp -v -R help /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord && find /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/AbiWord/help \ -type d -exec chmod -v 755 {} \; --without-inter7eps: Some of the headers from the EPS package are not compatible with GCC-&gcc-version;. This parameter prevents linking to the package and incurring a build failure. sed -i 's@AbiWord-2.0@abiword@' make-gnome-html.sh: This command alters the make-gnome-html.sh script to look for the current version of abiword. ~/.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/AbiSuite-2.4/templates Create the folder ~/.AbiSuite/templates then copy the normal.awt you want into it: mkdir -p -v ~/.AbiSuite/templates && cp -v /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4/templates/normal.awt-<lang> \ ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt Change <lang> in the above command to fit the name of the file you want. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories abiword, AbiWord-2.4, ttfadmin.sh, and ttftool Numerous plugin library support modules /usr/lib/AbiWord-2.4 and /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.4 Short Descriptions abiword is a symbolic link to the main AbiWord-2.4 executable. abiword AbiWord-2.4 is the word-processing program executable. AbiWord-2.4 ttfadmin.sh generates support files required by AbiWord for each TrueType font in a given directory. ttfadmin.sh ttftool is a utility for processing TrueType fonts. ttftool