Re: Installing WordPerfect 8.0 in woody
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On Thursday 03 April 2003 09:02 am, Teemu Luojola wrote:
> 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
I run WP8 that came with Corel Linux so it is a .deb package. Woody has all
the depends for WP8, libc5, type1inst if you have the fonts, and a couple
more that i don;'t recall from memory. If you get a prompt for a missing
depend use apt-get to istall it.
BTW, libc5 co-exists peacefully with newer libraries.
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Greg Madden
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