Installing WordPerfect 8.0 in woody
A couple of years ago Corel gave free downloads of WordPerfect 8.0 for
linux. I still have the original packet, and I'm trying to install it in
woody. That is not, however, so simple. WP can only be installed with
the Runme script provided in the packet, and it requires older libraries
like libc5 and such. Woody has newer ones, and this results in
unsuccesful installation.
From a site concerning WP8 installation issues, I read that I should
(temporarily? Does only installation need these libraries, or are they
needed in runtime?) copy the older libraries in the place of the newer
etc. etc., but since I'm not quite sure about how safe it is, I'm trying
to find another way to install it first. What do you think:
- Is it safe to temporarily downgrade the libraries through Debian
package management system, like apt-get? Is the process like this:
downgrade libraries, install WP, upgrade libraries again?
- Should I install one older linux distribution, which naturally has
these needed libraries (I have unused hard disk space), mount my present
partition in some directory, install WP in a directory I prefer, and
after reboot into Woody start using WP without problems?
- I have a live cd of one older RedHat based distribution (I earlier
used a similar distribution, and WP installed without problems), but if
I boot from that cd, I have difficulties to mount my hard disk. Is it
possible to mount it somehow, because this sounds the easiest way to
install WP?
Has anyone experiences in installing WP8 into a system which normally
uses libc6 and other newer libraries?
Teemu Luojola
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