Re: WordPerfect 8.0 (Installation)
Inspired by the comments and suggestions made by several people on the
list, and by Rick Moen's article "WordPerfect on Linux FAQ"
(http://linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/), I was able to install the version of WP8
I had inquired in 2000. Essentially what I did was to use the Debian
equivs package to create a virtual xlib6g package which doesn't install
anything. Its only purpose is to convince the WP8 version I have
(8.0-78) that xlib6g is installed. All the files formerly installed by
the xlib6g package are now installed by xlibs and its dependencies.
My new vitrual package had to have a version number higher than xlib6g
version 4.0, which was the one replaced by the xlibs package, so that
aptitude would not remove xlibs and all 234 packages which depend on it.
I made my virtual xlibs6g version 5.0.0KH1
Rick Moen's article included four registration keys for WP8, one of
which unlocked the version I had.
Installation however is only half the battle. There are significant
changes to the DOS and Windows versions of WordPerfect I am used to; and
so far I have not had the time to master WP8 for Linux.
Since installation I was able to acquire another version of WP8.0 for
Linux, making four now that I know about. This version has features not
available on the one I installed. I have not yet had time to examine
this version.
In view of all the foregoing, I would like to write an article and post
it somewhere by way of follow-up to articles by Rick Moen and Patrick
Wiseman (http://ul451.gsu.edu/~pwiseman/WP8_and_Debian_GNU_Linux.html).
Essentially it should describe how to install on Sarge the various
versions of the Linux WP8.0.
It will be a while however before I can resume work on this project, as
I need to do more experimentation. In the meantime my spouse is
forcing me to take a 50 day holiday in Southeast Asia, starting Monday next.
--
Ken Heard
Research Associate
Museum Studies Program
University of Toronto, Canada
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