Re: Wordperfect + Debian 2.0
I had no problems installing the package from downloaded
from ftp.sdcorp.com (I even licensed it). You need to have libc5
installed, but Debian 2.0 has that available (in oldlibs) as well as
libc6.
I notice that the display sometimes acts up when scrolling, but that's
probably an X problem.
Bob
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Damon Muller wrote:
>
> On 22 Sep 1998 13:49:02 +0200
> Bostjan JERKO <Bostjan.Jerko@socgen.com> wrote:
>
> > Has anybody tried to install Wordperfect on Debian 2.0. I know it is possible
> > to install it on 1.3 with libc5, but what about 2.0 (with libc6).
>
> Yep, I got it working with no problems on a Hamm system. I actually had
> a copy of it in RPM format on the RedHat 5.1 CD, which I converted to
> .deb with Alien. Worked quite nicely, except it didn't give me some info
> after installation like the RPM did on RH51 - still works fine tho...
>
> BTW, this was the demo of WP 7.
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