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Installing AbiWord on FreeBSD / INTELWelcome to the community of AbiWord users!The current version of AbiWord (0.7.12) should install and run properly
one FreeBSD 3.2 systems with a INTEL (or INTEL-COMPATIBLE) processor. AbiWord
has been packaged in several different distribution formats to simplify
the installation on your system:
 
A much more detailed version of these instructions is contained in the
README
.
TGZ
-- Native FreeBSD 3.2 package
TAR
-- Statically linked for older versions of FreeBSD 
 
 
TGZThe TGZ  installation process is very simple.
Download the distribution files (
AbiSuite-0.7.12.tgz
, 2.7MB).
Become superuser, enter the command:
   pkg_add AbiSuite-0.7.12.tgz
This will install AbiWord and supporting files to
/usr/local/AbiSuite/
. Symbolic links called
AbiWord
and
abiword
will
be placed in
/usr/local/bin/ but not the actual executable.
Please consult the README
file for additional details. 
TARThere are two versions of the Tar files: one is a statically-linked version
and the other is the dynamically-linked version. The dynamic version is
smaller (3.7Mb vs 4.3Mb), our goal is to make use of a number of shared
libraries on your system. If you are running FreeBSD 3.2 or newer, the
dynamic package should work for you. If you can't run the dynamic package,
try the static package.The installation process for the static Tar files looks scary, but is
actually quite simple.
 
The installation process for the dynamic Tar files (
abisuite-0.7.12-FreeBSD_i386_dynamic.tar.gz , 3.7MB) is identical. Simply
substitute
_ dynamic
for
_ static
in steps 1 and 2 above.
If you want to read more about which libraries and versions that the dynamic
version uses, please consult the
README
.
Download the distribution files (
abisuite-0.7.12-FreeBSD_i386_static.tar.gz , 4.3MB).
Copy the files to a directory writable by you and open the files:
   gunzip - C abisuite-0.7.12-FreeBSD_i386_static.tar.gz | tar
xvf -... or, if your tar command supports the ' z' flag:    tar xvzf abisuite-0.7.12-FreeBSD_i386_static.tar.gzBoth these commands will create the directory
abisuite-0.7.12-FreeBSD_i386_static
.
Change to that directory and become superuser.
Run the install script:
   /install.sh
By default, this will install AbiWord and supporting files to the
/usr/local/AbiSuite
on
your hard drive. You will be given the opportunity to change this if you
wish.
You will also be given the option to create links to the executable in
a common
bin
directory. By default, this is
/usr/local/bin
.
Please consult the README
file for additional details. |