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 |  | Installating AbiWord on Linux / PowerPCWelcome to the community of AbiWord users!  The current version of AbiWord (0.7.9) should install and run properly
	on any Linux system using a PowerPC processor. AbiWord
	has been packaged in several different industry standard distribution
	formats to simplify the installation onto your system:  
            RPM -- LinuxPPC 1999 Q3 or later
            TAR -- for all others A much more detailed version of these instructions is contained in theREADME.   
 
RPMThe RPM  installation process is very simple.
There are two versions of the Tar files: one is the statically-linked version
and the other is the dynamically-linked version. The dynamic version is
smaller (2.6Mb vs 3.3Mb), our goal is to make use of a number of shared
libraries on your system. If you don't know what this means, select the
static version.
Download the distribution files (abisuite-0.7.9-1.i386.rpm,
2.6MB). 
Become superuser, and enter the command
rpm - Uvh abisuite-0.7.9-1.i386.rpm
 
 
 This release of AbiWord
was built on a host with all applied updates from
ftp://ftp.linuxppc.com/linuxppc-1999/updates/.
Specifically, you will need libstdc++-2.10.0-0a.ppc.rpm to install this RPM.  You may also try the static .tar.gz package if you wish to avoid this upgrade.
 
If you have any unsatisfied dependencies,
then you will have to install
 those before you can install
Abiword.
 
This will install AbiWord and supporting files to /usr/share/abisuite.
Symbolic links called AbiWord and abiword will be placed
in /usr/bin/X11 but not to the actual executable. Using the -
Uvh option instead of - will take care of replacing the older version
of AbiWord for people who are updating. 
For more information one RPM package dependencies, please see the README.  The installation process for the static Tar files looks scary, but it
is actually quite simple. 
 
The installation process for the dynamic Tar files (abisuite-0.7.9-Linux_i386_dynamic.tar.gz,
2.6MB) 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-0.7.9-Linux_i386_static.tar.gz,
3.3MB). 
Copy the files to a directory that you have permission for and open the
files:
  gunzip - C abisuite-0.7.9-Linux_i386_static.tar.gz |
tar xvf -... or, if your tar command supports the ' z' flag:   tar xvzf abisuite-0.7.9-Linux_i386_static.tar.gzBoth these commands will create the directory abisuite-0.7.9-Linux_i386_static.
Change to that directory and become superuser. 
Run the install script like:
  /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 changes this if
you wish. 
You will also have the option to create links to the executable in a common
bin
directory. By default, this is /usr/local/bin. 
Please consult the README
spins for additional details.  |