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==Installation of AbiSource Packages== | ==Installation of AbiSource Packages== | ||
| - | Developer [[User:Rp|Ryan Pavlik]] maintains Ubuntu packages of AbiWord in a Personal Package Archive. To access them, add the appropriate source below to your repositories | + | Developer [[User:Rp|Ryan Pavlik]] maintains Ubuntu packages of AbiWord in a Personal Package Archive. To access them, add the appropriate source below to your repositories, refresh your packages, then install the "abiword" and optionally "abiword-plugins" and "abiword-plugins-gnome" packages. |
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| + | ===Adding the source to your repositories=== | ||
| + | * Choose "Synaptic Package Manager" from the Administration menu | ||
| + | * Select Settings > Repositories | ||
| + | * Click the Add button on the "Third-Party Software" tab | ||
| + | * Copy the line that starts with "deb" for your version of Ubuntu and press the Add Source button | ||
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* Dapper (6.06 LTS): (note this package has not been tested by Ryan - please let the AbiWord user mailing list know if it works for you.) | * Dapper (6.06 LTS): (note this package has not been tested by Ryan - please let the AbiWord user mailing list know if it works for you.) | ||
Revision as of 01:50, 6 May 2008
Ubuntu Linux and AbiSource Relation
At this time, the latest version available directly from Ubuntu is an Ubuntu-modified 2.4.6. We are working to get AbiWord 2.6 in Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" - you can follow the progress here: Launchpad bug for AbiWord 2.6 upload
Installation of AbiSource Packages
Developer Ryan Pavlik maintains Ubuntu packages of AbiWord in a Personal Package Archive. To access them, add the appropriate source below to your repositories, refresh your packages, then install the "abiword" and optionally "abiword-plugins" and "abiword-plugins-gnome" packages.
Adding the source to your repositories
- Choose "Synaptic Package Manager" from the Administration menu
- Select Settings > Repositories
- Click the Add button on the "Third-Party Software" tab
- Copy the line that starts with "deb" for your version of Ubuntu and press the Add Source button
- Dapper (6.06 LTS): (note this package has not been tested by Ryan - please let the AbiWord user mailing list know if it works for you.)
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/abiword-stable/ubuntu dapper main
- Edgy (6.10):(note this package has not been tested by Ryan - please let the AbiWord user mailing list know if it works for you.)
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/abiword-stable/ubuntu edgy main
- Feisty (7.04):(note this package has not been tested by Ryan - please let the AbiWord user mailing list know if it works for you.)
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/abiword-stable/ubuntu feisty main
- Gutsy (7.10):
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/abiword-stable/ubuntu gutsy main
- Hardy (8.04 LTS):
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/abiword-stable/ubuntu hardy main
