Re: WP8 for Linux is toast in KDE 3.2

2004-02-20 Thread Andrew Schulman
Hey! AbiWord reads AND WRITES WordPerfect documents! I haven't given this feature heavy exercise yet. No doubt it has problems with complicated content, blah blah blah. But it works on my simple memos. Not to mention that it has a modern look and feel, and my mouse scroll wheel works. Way to

Re: WP8 for Linux is toast in KDE 3.2

2004-02-20 Thread Bruce Miller
On February 20, 2004 10:24, Andrew Schulman wrote: > > KDE 3.2 depends on xlibs 4.3.x, which conflicts with xlib6, which > > is required for WP8 for Linux to run. Therefore, WP8 is toast. > > Following a suggestion from Hendrik Sattler, I unpacked the xlib6 > package into its own directory: > > $

Re: WP8 for Linux is toast in KDE 3.2

2004-02-20 Thread Andrew Schulman
> KDE 3.2 depends on xlibs 4.3.x, which conflicts with xlib6, which is > required for WP8 for Linux to run. Therefore, WP8 is toast. Following a suggestion from Hendrik Sattler, I unpacked the xlib6 package into its own directory: $ dpkg -x /var/cache/apt/archives/xlib6_3.3.6-44_i386.deb /opt/x

Re: WP8 for Linux is toast in KDE 3.2

2004-02-19 Thread David P James
On February 19, 2004 05:26, Andrew Schulman wrote: > KDE 3.2 depends on xlibs 4.3.x, which conflicts with xlibs6, which is > required for WP8 for Linux to run. Therefore, WP8 is toast. > > But we still need to run WP here. AFAICT, the only other option is > WP2K4L. I'll consider buying a copy, bu

Re: WP8 for Linux is toast in KDE 3.2

2004-02-19 Thread Bob Hauck
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Andrew Schulman wrote: > KDE 3.2 depends on xlibs 4.3.x, which conflicts with xlibs6, which is > required for WP8 for Linux to run. Therefore, WP8 is toast. > Are there other KDE 3.2 users who are reading and writing WP documents? > What's your solution? I don't use KDE 3.2

RE: WP8 for Linux is toast in KDE 3.2

2004-02-19 Thread arlen
My main word processor is WP8! Haven't switched to KDE 3.2 yet though. Thanks for the pre-warning. I hope there is a solution. On 19-Feb-2004 Andrew Schulman wrote: > KDE 3.2 depends on xlibs 4.3.x, which conflicts with xlibs6, which is > required for WP8 for Linux to run. Therefore, WP8 is to