Installation woes (Re: core file)

From: Rob Woodard (rwoodard@globaldataguard.com)
Date: Fri Nov 08 2002 - 14:48:56 EST

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    On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 11:20, Bernard Lambey wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > In spite of F-J and Peter C's judicious advices , I pass a complete
    > day on the problem.
    > It was impossible to install AbiWord-1.1.0-2.tar.bz2 on my Mdk-9.0
    > Of course, the reason is I am null, and not Mdk is not conform to
    > uses, and if you have not the AW's-files prepared by them, you are
    > certain to loose a week to try all that you know, without effects.
    > Therefore, I returned to my W-1.0.3=Mdk-RPMs installed without any
    > problem on my recent Mdk-8.2.

    I'm with you Bernard...and you've done better than I did, I couldn't get
    abi stable on Mandrake 8.2. I finally gave up and went with
    OpenOffice.org which works. This is an example of where Linux
    applications aren't quite ready for prime time...all this playing around
    with cryptically-named libraries that are never where the docs say they
    should be, installation programs that insist you don't have a library
    when the blasted thing is RIGHT THERE in /usr/lib...sorry for the
    venting but I really wanted to use abi and it's been a big
    disappointment to have to give up. I don't have time to mess around for
    days finding libraries and putting them here and there to try to get it
    to work. If it doesn't work right out of the install then it's broken
    and I'm not going to use it.

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