On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 09:10 +0100, Verner Kj�rsgaard wrote: > Dear list, > > - 1st.: does OOp v2 read WordPerfect (8,9) as it comes? > > if not, I've tried to dowload the (the standalone) command line tool wpd2sxw > - > but couldn't compile it. Downloaded libwww from source - and failed to > compile, missed some gnome lib -that is(!) installed on my system, SuSE9.2. > > Is there a fixed RPM for SuSE9.2 - or a short howto get a standard sequence > of > "./configure, make, make install" to run? > > I've got 10000s of WP files that I need to convert so that they are readable > - > never mind formatting - by OOo. I'm converting an entire company to Linux/OOo > and this is the last showstopper to overcome. > > Thank you in advance! > >
Verner: If you can't get writerperfect to work (I've found it hard in Linux), just know that when 2.0 comes (couple of months), Word Perfect filters will be built in. If you can wait until then, it might be worth it. I'm pasting my instructions again for Linux below. They are somewhat involved. It does sound like you are having problems installed libwpd - this is essential and you have to get that done first. Crystle Linux (slightly more involved...) CLOSE ALL INSTANCES OF OOo 1. Install libgsf (including the devel packages (eg. RPM based distros)). Get the most up to date version you can find. Try http://rpmfind.net for packages if your package manager doesn't have the most up to date. 2. Install libwpd package (either from http://libwpd.sf.net or your package manager) 3. Download and untar the latest writerperfect tgz file from libwpd. 3. If you do not have a JAVA sdk (ie. only the JRE) go to http://java.sun.com and download the latest SDK. 4. Download and set up the OOo SDK. THIS IS NOT A BIG DEAL. Go to http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sdk/index.html and download the one for Linux. 5. As root, extract the SDK. Then in that directory do ./configure. You will have to tell it the location of your OOo, your Java SDK, and other things. The last question asks about auto deployment - say YES. 6. Then run 'setsdkenv_unix' to get into the SDK prompt. 7. Change directories to the writerperfect directory. Run make. If you encounter errors early on, it might be because you need updated libgsf or you need the devel packages. As long as it makes the WriterPerfect.uno.zip file, you are fine. I never got it to copy properly at the end since I do -net installs and I think it looks only user installs. Exit the SDK prompt. 8. If it exits abnormally, manually copy the uno.zip file to your OOo directory under /share/uno_packages. 9. In your OOo directory under /program run 'pkgchk --shared'. This will register the filter properly for all users. 10. Start OOo and you should find you can open Word Perfect files. (File->Open) *Note: If you have a single user install you may not need to do #8 and #9, or you may have to copy the uno.zip to your /user/uno_packages directory. I'm not sure if pkgchk --shared is then the correct way to register the filter - but you can try it. -- Crystle Numan, B.Sc., Web Developer Guided Vision: the possibilities are endless 905.528.3095 http://guidedvision.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
