Re: Where to install abiword?

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Author: Eric \"Shubes\"
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New-Topics: Re: Where to install abiword? - thanks Eric!
Subject: Re: Where to install abiword?
Josef Lowder wrote:
> .
> Someone sent me a .wps file and I can't open it with open office.
> So, searching the net, I found that abiword is supposed to open it.
> But when I downloaded abiword, there is no instructions on where
> and/or how to install it.
>
> Should I create a subdirectory named abiword in /opt or some
> other place? to install it?
>


You're running Mandriva, right?
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/15/pakman/4886/com/Cliff%20Wade%20%3Chawkwind_gmail_com%3E.html
has binary rpms for Mandriva. Download the package for your particular
version, and
# rpm -ivh <packname>

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-Eric 'shubes'
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