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Help (again) with WordPerfect



I have had (for reasons I won't go into) to trash and completely
reinstall everything (potato).  I am trying to install WordPerfect 8,
but get an odd error message about the installation directory not being
a "valid installation area".  I have checked the permissions: 
drwx--x--x, and this seems OK (I am installing as root, which I did
before with no problems).  When I forced it to comply, it runs, but
installs only the shlib10, wplib, and wpmacros directories.  Nothing
else.  I have tried to search elsewhere for /wpbin, but without
success.

Additionally, the graphics come up in greyscale only, and the
supposedly pretty pictures that accompany the installation menu are
gibbled up.  I had no problems installing X, and am using 1024x768 and
800x600 displays.  I get the same results with both, which is not
surprising.

I am at my wit's end about this.  It doesn't make sense.

Does anyone have an idea what's going on or how to deal with it?

TIA

Cam



Cam Ellison, Ph.D., R.Psych.

cam_ellison@uniserve.com  or cam@fleuryassociates.com

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