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Installing AbiWord on SolarisWelcome to the community of AbiWord users!The current version of AbiWord (0.7.9) should install and run properly
one any Solaris 7 system with has a Sparc32 processor. AbiWord is available
in both Solaris " pkg " format and gzipped tar format.
 The Solaris "pkg "  format installation is quite simple, and will
be familiar to users of Solaris.
 
The Tar files  installation process is very simple.
Download the distribution files ( abisuite.0.7.9.sparc32.SunOS.5.5.1.pkg.tar.gz , 2.6MB).
Copy the files to a directory writable by you and open the files:
   gunzip - c abisuite.0.7.9.sparc32.SunOS.5.5.1.pkg.tar.gz |
tar xvf -... or, if your tar command supports the ' z' flag:    tar xvzf abisuite.0.7.9.sparc32.SunOS.5.5.1.pkg.tar.gzBoth these commands will create the directory
abisuite
.
Become superuser,  and enter the command:
   pkgadd - d.  abisuite
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 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. 
Download the distribution files (
abisuite-0.7.9-SunOS_sparc32_dynamic.tar.gz , 2.6MB).
Copy the files to a directory writable by you and open the files:
   gunzip - C abisuite-0.7.9-SunOS_sparc32_dynamic.tar.gz | tar
xvf -... or, if your tar command supports the ' z' flag:    tar xvzf abisuite-0.7.9-SunOS_sparc32_dynamic.tar.gzBoth these commands will create the directory
abisuite-0.7.9-SunOS_sparc32_dynamic
.
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 changes 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. |