Re: Any way to convert Word 7 files?
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Jan Muszynski wrote:
>
> On 13 Apr 99, at 15:34, Wayne Topa
> wrote about Re: Any way to convert Word 7 files:
>
> >
> > Subject: Re: Any way to convert Word 7 files?
> > Date: Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 07:11:35PM +0100
> >
> > In reply to:Anthony Campbell
> >
> > Quoting Anthony Campbell(acampbell@achc.demon.co.uk):
> > > On 13 Apr 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > > > I've a nasty feeling the answer is going to be "no", but I wonder whether
> > > > there is any way to convert or read a Word 7 file on linux?
> > > >
> > > > Or do I have to borrow a Windows machine and convert it to txt?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Thanks to all who replied about this. A lot of you suggested WP8 but I was
> > > unable to get this to install, possibly because it doesn't work with kernel
> > > 2.2.x.
> >
> > Humm, I guess the wp8 I'm running on 2.2.5 is a fluke? Runs fine here
> > tho.
>
> Strictly a guess (I just downloaded and heven't tried to install
> yet), but WP needs libc5 (from what I read so far). If he only had
> libc6 installed then he'd have a problem.
>
> By the way - is there an install package (like for Netscape), or
> should I just install into /user/local. Also, assuming no install
> package (obviously I haven't checked yet), does anyone know what
> packages I need for the requisite libc5 support?
No install package. /usr/local works fine. You will need the libc5,
libxpm4.7 and xlib6 packages.
cheers,
Bob
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