Re: Promise Linux and abiword Installing to Windows and Linux with shared files

From: ericzen (ericzen@EZ-net.com)
Date: Wed May 21 2003 - 14:27:46 EDT

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    On 2003.05.21 11:16 adrian15 wrote:
    >
    > One of my questions is if there would be any way of installing Abiword
    > in both Windows and Linux without having to copy the compiled libraries
    > twice in the cdrom.
    >
    > For installing a program you usually need an installer (which may be a
    > linux one or a windows one) and the libraries associated to the program.
    > Are these libraries valid in both Windows and Linux? So that I can save
    > space on my cdrom.

    Unfortunately, what you wish to do, pre-compiled binary(ies) that work for both
    linux and windows (assuming I understand that right) will not work. Compiled
    windows binaries are done in the PE format (which means nothing to me, but is
    probably very Windows specific) and Linux binaries are compiled in ELF (which
    include unix-specific headers, addresses, et c).

    Also, it is less space to have the compiled versions of abiword and whichever
    dependencies than it is to just have the source code of AbiWord (a comparison
    of maybe 12Megs of abiword and it's dependencies to the 18 or so Megs of ONLY
    Abiword's source). Furthermore, it would simply be easier, from the Windows
    perspective, to use the binary (or installer).

    Also note, in Linux, we don't have an "Install Sheild" kind of setup. We use
    package managers, which work on similar concepts, but the packages themselves
    are not executable, but more like archived files.

    -Eric
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