RE: WordPerfect 8.0
Someone who still uses WP8--yeah!!! Join the club...my install of WP8 still
runs rings around OO. I've actually found OO to be crashable (often) on my
system, but it may have something to do with some of my own tweaks.
Anyway, I use WP8 for all my serious documents...never did get fileconversion
working properly though, although I did download the available patch and
neglected to install it...will get around that when I'm tired of using OO for
the dreaded MSOffice compatibility issue.
Since leaving the main-stream Debian on my system a couple years ago, I jumped
on the Libranet bandwagon (sorry I'm mentioning this on the main Debian list).
With 2.7, 2.8, 2.8.1 they had an install option to make WP8 work. I assume the
same is for 3.0, which I have yet to install. Mind you the future of Libranet
is up in the air right now. Nevertheless the files you are looking for should
be on Liranet's FTP sites.
At the same time I would like to go on to try Ubuntu (also Debian based) and
will have to see if I run into the WP8 operational issues when I get to that.
Arlen Carlson
(cooincidentally also from Toronto, ON)
On 17-Nov-2005 Ken Heard wrote:
> Those of you who go back to before the earth's crust hardened, may
> remember Corel WordPrefect 8.0 (and 8.1). WP 8.0 was released by Corel
> about 2000. It (and 8.1) were the only versions of WP which were native
> to Linux. (WP 10 was ported from Windows to Linux through Corel's own
> vintage of wine.)
>
> I am a Word Perfect diehard. Consequently, in 2000, as part of my
> conversion to Linux, I acquired Corel WordPerfect 8.0. However, am only
> now trying to defenistrate myself and take up Linux by means of Debian
> Sarge.
>
> I have the Corel CDROM which has on it the WP 8.0. .deb package. There
> is however a dependency problem on which I would like some advice.
>
> The WP 8.0 package depends on only two other packages, libc5 and
> xlib6g. The former is still available from the Debian archive; so I was
> able to install it and its dependency ldso.
>
> The other dependency, xlib6g, is the problem. This one was created by
> Corel, and as far as I know it in now only available on the same CDROM
> which has WP 8.0. I was able to add it to my sources.lst by running
> apt-cdrom. I then ran a test install using aptitude.
>
> Aptitude listed the six packages it would conflict with, none of which
> I have or need. It also listed two dependencies, both of which I had
> already installed for other packages. However, when I ran a test
> installation with aptitude, it wanted to remove 175 other packages,
> including most of the KDE packages.
>
> Debian being Debian, surely there is a way to install xlib6g without
> having to remove all 175 of those other packages. As the name is
> unique, and no other package besides the WP 8.0 one depends on it,
> presumably its presence will not affect adversely any of those others.
>
> This package, xlib6g, contains many small files which it would install
> in subfolders in the /usr/X11R6/include/X11/ folder. Most of these
> files would be put into two subfolders which do not now exist in my box,
> /xkb/ and /locale/.
>
> The others would be put in the /bitmaps/ folder. Many but not all of
> the files to be put there have the same names and sizes as files already
> there. Since these are bitmap files, surely the files already there
> could be safely overwritten -- unless there is a way to prevent
> overwriting on installation of xlib6g.
>
> I short, can I install xlib6g in such a way that it does not remove 175
> other packages I need and use? If so, how do I do it?
>
> Regards,
> --
> Ken Heard
> Toronto, Canada
> Museologist, specializing in
> technology and transport
>
>
>
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