This chapter is a collection of independent projects that can be installed based on specific needs. Together, they create a respectable office suite. While they may be lacking in user interface consistency, they excel in doing one thing and doing it well.
The AbiWord package contains a word processing application. This is useful for writing reports, letters and other formatted documents.
Download (HTTP): http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/2.2.8/source/abiword-2.2.8.tar.bz2
Download MD5 sum: f6f58e6ea4720ca635ede7b7f13cf156
Download size: 23.4 MB
Estimated disk space required: 208 MB
Estimated build time: 2.7 SBU
popt-1.7-5, libglade-2.5.1 and FriBidi-0.10.5
gucharmap-1.4.3, libgnomeprintui-2.10.2, Nautilus-2.10.1, ImageMagick-6.2.3-5, Enchant (uses Aspell-0.60.3) and wv
librsvg-2.9.5, GNOME Utilities-2.10.1, Python-2.4.1for gypsthon mailmerge, aiksaurus, libgda, libwmf, libwpd and libots
Install AbiWord by running the following commands:
cd abi && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && cd ../abiword-plugins && sed -i 's:python2.3:python2.4:g' configure && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make
Now, as the root user:
cd ../abi && make install && cp -v -rf docs /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord && cd ../abiword-plugins && make install
To build the help files, issue the following commands as an unprivileged user:
cd ../abiword-docs && ./make-html.sh
And, as the root user:
install -v -m644 man/abiword.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
install -v -m644 Manual/en/Abiword_Manual.abw \
/usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord/docs &&
cp -v -rf help /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord &&
find /usr/share/AbiSuite-2.2/AbiWord/help \
-type d -exec chmod -v 755 {} \;
To integrate AbiWord into your GNOME-2 environment, run the following commands:
cd .. &&
install -v -m644 abidistfiles/GNOME_AbiWord_Control_2_2.server \
$GNOME_PREFIX/lib/bonobo/servers &&
install -v -m644 abi/abiword.desktop $GNOME_PREFIX/share/applications
./make-html.sh: This command creates the HTML files used by AbiWord when help is requested from the main menu.
Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600