Re: what version of abiword do you get with abiword 3.0?

On 10/16/2013 02:53 PM, M. Fioretti wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I just downloaded this file
>
> http://abisource.com/downloads/abiword/3.0.0/source/abiword-3.0.0.tar.gz
>
> compiled it on a Fedora 17 x86_64 as follows:
>
> ./configure --enable-plugins --enable-builtin-plugins
> --enable-clipart --enable-templates
>
> got this result below and then ran make and make install.
>
> Now I have (side by side with abiword 2.8.6 (/usr/bin/abiword) from
> fedora packages) another abiword binary in /usr/local/bin/abiword
>
> but when I launch that one and click on help-> about abiword, the
> pop-up still says that that is abiword 2.8.6, not 3.0
>
> is that just a bug, or I actually ended up with 2.8.6? How can I
> check or prove that I am running 3.0?

No, it's not a bug; you have both versions installed. Version 2.8.6 was
installed from a .rpm package using a package manager.

Version 3.0 was compiled from source, and placed as usual in
/usr/local/, as you described, and 2.8.6 is in /usr/bin/.

If you open a terminal and type

echo $PATH

You'll see that /usr/bin/ is listed before /usr/local/bin/. The system
scans the /usr/bin/directory before /usr/local/bin/ and runs 2.8.6.

You can access 3.0 from a terminal with the command:

/usr/local/bin/abiword.

This is the hard way to get there, and not recommended.

You can delete version 2.8.6 using your package manager. Then your
system will detect version 3.0 in /usr/local/bin. Deleting 2.8.6 may or
may not be a good idea.

The best way:

If Fedora allows it (I'm not a Fedora user) you should edit the
Properties of the AbiWord menu entry to /usr/local/bin/abiword. This
will cause the system to ignore /usr/bin/abiword and instead execute
/usr/local/bin/abiword.

Then when you click Help > About AbiWord it should report as version 3.0.

Good luck

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Received on Thu Oct 17 01:10:56 2013