Re: Console based Word Processor
On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 01:03:33AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> I recall that when WP 8 came out, Corel said the full version came with
> a text-based version, but when I took a look at what is on the Corel
> Linux CD-ROM (deluxe version with the full version of WP 8) I couldn't
> find any text-base executable. Of course, I didn't know what to look
> for, but I couldn't find any mention in the manual either.
>
> When I tried to install it on my potato system, it wanted to replace
> perl-5.005 with perl-5.004 and remove a lot of programs. I have WP 7
> install on this system (in /usr/local) and don't have any perl problems
> with that. This could be easily fixed if one had access to the source,
> of course, but....
Actually, the source isn't required to make it compatible. The problem
is that type1inst (upon which wp 8 depends) depends on perl and
perl-5.005 conflicts with perl. I pulled the control file out of the
type1inst package with ar and changed the dependency from perl to
perl5-base and all installed without any problems.
I guess I could have use the Debian type1inst package instead, but I
didn't realize it existed at the time.
There doesn't appear to be a text-based executable anywhere in the
wp-full package, however.
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Bob Nielsen, N7XY nielsen@oz.net
Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
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