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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
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8 | "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/&AbiWord-version;/source/abiword-&AbiWord-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-download-ftp " ">
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10 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-md5sum "f883b0a7f26229a9c66fd6a1a94381aa">
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11 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-size "9 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-buildsize "684 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-time "6.6 SBU">
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14 | <!ENTITY AbiWordDocs-download-http
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15 | "http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/&AbiWord-version;/source/abiword-docs-&AbiWord-version;.tar.gz">
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16 | <!ENTITY AbiWord-minor-version "2.8">
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17 | ]>
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18 |
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19 | <sect1 id="abiword" xreflabel="AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;">
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20 | <?dbhtml filename="AbiWord.html" ?>
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21 |
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22 | <sect1info>
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23 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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24 | <date>$Date$</date>
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25 | </sect1info>
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26 |
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27 | <title>AbiWord-&AbiWord-version;</title>
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28 |
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29 | <indexterm zone="abiword">
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30 | <primary sortas="a-AbiWord">AbiWord</primary>
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31 | </indexterm>
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32 |
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33 | <sect2 role="package">
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34 | <title>Introduction to AbiWord</title>
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35 |
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36 | <para>
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37 | <application>AbiWord</application> is a word processor. It is useful for
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38 | writing reports, letters and other formatted documents.
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39 | </para>
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40 |
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41 | &lfs71_checked;
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42 |
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43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>
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47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-http;"/>
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48 | </para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>
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52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&AbiWord-download-ftp;"/>
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53 | </para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>
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57 | Download MD5 sum: &AbiWord-md5sum;
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58 | </para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | <listitem>
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61 | <para>
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62 | Download size: &AbiWord-size;
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63 | </para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | <listitem>
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66 | <para>
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67 | Estimated disk space required: &AbiWord-buildsize;
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68 | </para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | <listitem>
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71 | <para>
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72 | Estimated build time: &AbiWord-time;
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73 | </para>
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74 | </listitem>
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75 | </itemizedlist>
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76 |
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77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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78 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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79 | <listitem>
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80 | <para>
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81 | Optional Documentation: If running on a gnome desktop, the help menu
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82 | will open <application>epiphany</application> at
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83 | <ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/help/en-US/index.html"/>. If you
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84 | wish to install a copy of the en-US, fr-FR and pl-PL HTML
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85 | documentation on your machine, download
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86 | <ulink url="&AbiWordDocs-download-http;"/> (size 1.4MB md5sum
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87 | 197df94c1d9ed287903cb5aa0b60bbc1). The local files will not be
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88 | automatically referenced if you do not have a fairly complete gnome
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89 | desktop (epiphany and yelp on their own are not enough), but you can
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90 | still open them in your browser of choice.
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91 | </para>
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92 | </listitem>
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93 | </itemizedlist>
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94 |
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95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">AbiWord Dependencies</bridgehead>
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96 |
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97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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98 | <para role="required">
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99 | <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
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100 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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101 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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102 | <xref linkend="librsvg"/> and
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103 | <xref linkend="wv"/>
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104 | </para>
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105 |
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106 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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107 | <para role="recommended">
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108 | <xref linkend="enchant"/> (for spellchecking)
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109 | </para>
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110 |
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111 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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112 | <para role="optional">
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113 | <ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/projects/link-grammar/">Link Grammar Parser</ulink>,
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114 | <ulink url="http://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/">Aiksaurus</ulink>,
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115 | <xref linkend="boost"/> (required for the collab and openxml/docx plugins),
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116 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/> (for the collab sugar backend),
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117 | <xref linkend="goffice"/>),
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118 | <ulink url="http://helm.cs.unibo.it/mml-widget/">GtkMathView</ulink>
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119 | (requires
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120 | <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/">libgnomedb version <1.3.0</ulink>*
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121 | which requires
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122 | <ulink url="http://www.gnome-db.org/">libgda version <1.3.0</ulink>),
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123 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mission-control/files/">libmissioncontrol</ulink>,
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124 | <xref linkend="empathy"/> and
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125 | <xref linkend="telepathy-glib"/> (for the collab telepathy backend),
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126 | <ulink url="http://ftp.imendio.com/pub/imendio/loudmouth/src/">loudmouth</ulink>
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127 | (for the collab xmpp backend),
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128 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/> and
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129 | <xref linkend="libsoup"/> (for the collab service),
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130 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware">libwmf</ulink>,
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131 | <ulink url="http://helm.cs.unibo.it/mml-widget/">GtkMathView</ulink> (requires
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132 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmetadom/">Gnome DOM Bindings</ulink>
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133 | which requires
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134 | <ulink url="http://gdome2.cs.unibo.it/">gdome2</ulink>),
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135 | <ulink url="http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/">libwpd</ulink>,
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136 | <ulink url="http://libots.sourceforge.net/">OTS</ulink>, and
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137 | <ulink url="http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/psiconv/">Psiconv</ulink>
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138 | Some of these are not automatically detected and need to be specified to the
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139 | configure script.
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140 | </para>
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141 |
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142 | <para>
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143 | * The
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144 | <application>libgda</application>/<application>libgnomedb</application>
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145 | stack required for <application>AbiWord</application> database access may
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146 | conflict with the versions used by the <xref linkend="gnumeric"/> database
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147 | plugin. Though the libraries themselves pose no conflict, the executables
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148 | and support files may overwrite one another. Note that the current
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149 | (version 4.1.x) stack does not pose a conflict with any of the previous
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150 | versions (but does not support <application>AbiWord</application> database
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151 | access. <application>AbiWord</application> requires versions <1.3.0.
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152 | </para>
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153 |
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154 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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155 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/abiword"/>
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156 | </para>
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157 | </sect2>
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158 |
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159 | <sect2 role="installation">
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160 | <title>Installation of AbiWord</title>
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161 |
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162 | <para>
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163 | Install <application>AbiWord</application> by running the following
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164 | commands:
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165 | </para>
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166 |
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167 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/#include <glib\/gerror.h>/d' src/af/util/xp/ut_go_file.h &&
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168 | sed -i 's/ptr->jmpbuf/jmpbuf(png_ptr)/' src/af/util/xp/ut_png.cpp &&
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169 | sed -i 's/\(m_pPNG\)->\(jmpbuf\)/png_\2(\1)/' \
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170 | src/wp/impexp/gtk/ie_impGraphic_GdkPixbuf.cpp &&
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171 | sed -i 's/--no-undefined //' src/Makefile* &&
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172 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
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173 | make</userinput></screen>
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174 |
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175 | <para>
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176 | If you wish to run the tests, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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177 | </para>
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178 |
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179 | <para>
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180 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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181 | </para>
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182 |
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183 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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184 |
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185 | <para>
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186 | If you wish to install the local help files, untar them
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187 | </para>
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188 | <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../abiword-docs-&AbiWord-version;.tar.gz &&
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189 | cd abiword-docs-&AbiWord-version;</userinput></screen>
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190 |
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191 | <para>
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192 | and then, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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193 | </para>
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194 |
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195 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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196 | </sect2>
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197 |
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198 | <sect2 role="commands">
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199 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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200 |
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201 | <para>
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202 | <command>sed -i '/#include <glib\/gerror.h>/d'
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203 | src/af/util/xp/ut_go_file.h</command>: This sed fixes compiling
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204 | <application>Abiword</application> with
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205 | <application>Glib-2.32</application> installed.
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206 | </para>
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207 |
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208 | <para>
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209 | <command>sed -i 's/ptr->jmpbuf/jmpbuf(png_ptr)/'
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210 | src/af/util/xp/ut_png.cpp</command> and
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211 | <command>sed -i 's/\(m_pPNG\)->\(jmpbuf\)/png_\2(\1)/'
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212 | src/wp/impexp/gtk/ie_impGraphic_GdkPixbuf.cpp</command>: These seds fix
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213 | compiling Abiword with libpng-1.5 installed.
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214 | </para>
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215 |
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216 | <para>
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217 | <command>sed -i 's/--no-undefined...</command>: This sed fixes compiling
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218 | Abiword-2.8.6 with GCC-4.6.2.
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219 | </para>
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220 |
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221 | <para>
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222 | <option>--without-inter7eps</option>: Some of the headers from the
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223 | <application>EPS</application> package are not compatible with
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224 | <application>GCC</application>-&gcc-version;. This parameter prevents
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225 | linking to the package and incurring a build failure.
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226 | </para>
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227 |
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228 | <para>
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229 | <option>--disable-static</option>: This switch prevents the static library
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230 | being built.
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231 | </para>
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232 |
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233 | <para>
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234 | <option>--enable-plugins="collab openxml goffice grammar"</option>: Build
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235 | some or all of the collab plugins. The openxml plugin enables
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236 | <application>Abiword</application> to open some .docx files (requires
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237 | <xref linkend="boost"/>). The grammar plugin requires
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238 | <ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/projects/link-grammar/">Link Grammar
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239 | Parser</ulink>
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240 | </para>
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241 | </sect2>
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242 |
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243 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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244 | <title>Configuring AbiWord</title>
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245 |
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246 | <sect3 id="abiword-config">
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247 | <title>Config File</title>
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248 |
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249 | <para>
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250 | <filename>~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</filename>
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251 | </para>
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252 |
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253 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-config">
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254 | <primary sortas="e-AA.AbiSuite-templates-normal">~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</primary>
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255 | </indexterm>
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256 | </sect3>
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257 |
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258 | <sect3>
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259 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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260 |
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261 | <para>
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262 | Choose the right template for your language and locale from the list
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263 | produced by the following command:
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264 | </para>
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265 |
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266 | <screen><userinput>ls /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;/templates</userinput></screen>
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267 |
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268 | <para>
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269 | Create the folder
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270 | <filename class='directory'>~/.AbiSuite/templates</filename> then copy
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271 | the <filename>normal.awt</filename> you want into it:
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272 | </para>
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273 |
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274 | <screen><userinput>install -v -m750 -d ~/.AbiSuite/templates &&
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275 | install -v -m640 /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;/templates/normal.awt-<replaceable><lang></replaceable> \
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276 | ~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt</userinput></screen>
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277 |
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278 | <para>
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279 | Change <replaceable><lang></replaceable> by the above command to
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280 | fit the name of the file you want.
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281 | </para>
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282 |
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283 | <para>
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284 | If you are using multiple languages, you may need to edit the template
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285 | to use a font with greater coverage (e.g. one of the
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286 | <ulink url="http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/">DejaVu fonts</ulink>),
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287 | because <application>Abiword</application> does not use
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288 | <application>fontconfig</application> and can only display glyphs that
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289 | are provided in the chosen font.
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290 | </para>
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291 |
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292 | <para>
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293 | If you have <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> installed, you should
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294 | run the <command>update-desktop-database</command> command to update the
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295 | mimeinfo cache and allow the Help system to work.
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296 | </para>
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297 | </sect3>
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298 | </sect2>
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299 |
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300 | <sect2 role="content">
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301 | <title>Contents</title>
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302 |
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303 | <segmentedlist>
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304 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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305 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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306 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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307 |
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308 | <seglistitem>
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309 | <seg>abiword</seg>
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310 | <seg>libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version; and one or more plugin library
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311 | support modules</seg>
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312 | <seg>/usr/lib/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version; and
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313 | /usr/share/abiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;</seg>
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314 | </seglistitem>
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315 | </segmentedlist>
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316 |
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317 | <variablelist>
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318 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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319 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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320 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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321 |
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322 | <varlistentry id="abiword-prog">
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323 | <term><command>abiword</command></term>
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324 | <listitem>
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325 | <para>
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326 | is the word processor, a wrapper for the functions in
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327 | libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version; - it can also be used on the
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328 | command line, see <command>man 1 abiword</command>.
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329 | </para>
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330 | <indexterm zone="abiword abiword-prog">
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331 | <primary sortas="b-abiword">abiword</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 | <varlistentry id="libabiword">
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337 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.so</filename></term>
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338 | <listitem>
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339 | <para>
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340 | provides functions to access MS Word documents.
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341 | </para>
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342 | <indexterm zone="abiword libabiword">
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343 | <primary sortas="c-libabiword">libabiword-&AbiWord-minor-version;.so</primary>
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344 | </indexterm>
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345 | </listitem>
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346 | </varlistentry>
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347 | </variablelist>
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348 | </sect2>
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349 | </sect1>
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