Try 'gmake install', and Mr. Eschenberg please dont be so quick to judge. If I were quick to judge, I might judge you an idiot for being unable to install abiword. But that would be a shame wouldn't it.
Much irked -MG On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 12:27, Alan Horkan wrote: > > Amazing omission! mumble mumble mumble <censored> > > compiling from scratch is different from installing binaries please be > specific. sounds like you are compiling from scratch. > > if you have compiled abiword from source and if i remember correctly there > will be a binary Abiword_s in a directory or subdirectory of obj. > > I am not a mind reader exactly which commands did you run, which web page > specifically are you talking about? > There is documentation of the build instructions around somewhere > (...looks around for a bit...) > I look at the download page and i think i can guess. From the download > page it says: > > "This may take a few minutes to complete, but should compile and install > AbiWord. For a listing of common (and a couple not-so-common) build > options, see abi/BUILD.TXT." > > Sincerely > Alan Horkan > > PS why not use the prebuilt binaries? > > On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Kent Eschenberg wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 12:02:23 -0400 > > From: Kent Eschenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Amazing Omission in 1.0.2 > > > > Hi, > > > > How do you start Abiword? > > > > There are no instructions on the web page on how to start the program. The > > tutorial on the web page is blank, and the FAQ doesn't cover this question. > > > > There are no files in the distribution with names like "README" or > > "GETTING_STARTED" that describe how to run it. > > > > After the installation, I looked for something named "abiword" in /bin, > > /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin and /usr/lib. I looked all through all of the > > directories in the distribution. > > > > I downloaded Abiword 1.0.2 and ran the commands just as your web page says, > > including using gmake. My machine uses Redhat Linux 7.1. There seemed to be > > no errors during the make. > > ----------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > unsubscribe in the message body. -- <<anonymous>> ...for a brief period in the late ninetys, the rare ability of pulling money out of ones arse flourished ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
