On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Jan Muszynski wrote: > > On 13 Apr 99, at 15:34, Wayne Topa > wrote about Re: Any way to convert Word 7 files: > > > > > Subject: Re: Any way to convert Word 7 files? > > Date: Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 07:11:35PM +0100 > > > > In reply to:Anthony Campbell > > > > Quoting Anthony Campbell([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > On 13 Apr 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > I've a nasty feeling the answer is going to be "no", but I wonder > > > > whether > > > > there is any way to convert or read a Word 7 file on linux? > > > > > > > > Or do I have to borrow a Windows machine and convert it to txt? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks to all who replied about this. A lot of you suggested WP8 but I was > > > unable to get this to install, possibly because it doesn't work with > > > kernel > > > 2.2.x. > > > > Humm, I guess the wp8 I'm running on 2.2.5 is a fluke? Runs fine here > > tho. > > Strictly a guess (I just downloaded and heven't tried to install > yet), but WP needs libc5 (from what I read so far). If he only had > libc6 installed then he'd have a problem. > > By the way - is there an install package (like for Netscape), or > should I just install into /user/local. Also, assuming no install > package (obviously I haven't checked yet), does anyone know what > packages I need for the requisite libc5 support?
No install package. /usr/local works fine. You will need the libc5, libxpm4.7 and xlib6 packages. cheers, Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen