Mandag 14 februar 2005 03:13 skrev Crystle Numan: > 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. Dear Sir, I've printed out the instructions and are looking forward to getting this matter done. Thank you! -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
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