Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)
On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> > Only problem now is that both the sites are full, 1000 user on
> > Download.com and 3600 on ftp.cdrom. You may want to wait a few
> > hours (weeks) until the rush quitens down...
>
> > If anyone manages to get it I would be interested (along with a
> > number of other debian users) as to how good it is.
>
> I've got it, but I haven't figured out quite how to install it.
> un-tgz'ing produces a handful of directories, a Readme, and a Runme.
>
> The Readme says to untar and ungzip everything, then run the Runme
>
> The runme asks if you've untarred things, and decides there's nothign
> new to do if you say yes. If you say no, it untars, but still doesn't
> do anything. The executables end up in ./linux/bin
>
> I assume there's some option i'm missing to figure out to tell it to
> use /usr/local or some such, but it beats me as to where . . .
I got it, installed it, and it's quite nice. The installer wasn't exactly
intuitive, but everything went in without a hitch. I downloaded it all in
one piece (the 23 meg bad boy), and untarred it. I just ran the ./Runme
and said "yes" everything was untarred. After that, the installation is
GUI based, and fairly simple.
If you use WP8 for windows, this is almost exactly the same. I haven't
noticed any differences yet...
Peter
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