Where to install abiword?

[Josef Lowder]

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I've downloaded a binary version of abiword (2.5.1) that is 
supposed to be cross platform applicable.  My question really 
is just where (in what directory or folder) to install it using 
the "Ark" installer.  

I wondered if I should create a subdirectory named "abiword" 
under /opt and change the ownership to my user name?  Or should 
it go somewhere else.  Ark has the default location for installing 
abiword-2.5.1.tar.gz in  /home/joe/Documents ... but that didn't 
seem right.  Or does it just unpack there and put it somewhere 
else? 


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On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, John Schember wrote
> Why not see if it is available for your specific distribution? If you
> use something like Ubunut, apt-get install abiword for example.
> 
> If you really want to install from source. Just untar the source,
>  make && make install would take care of it for you.
> 
> John Schember

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> On Tue, 2007-02-20, 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?