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

WP8 for Linux is toast in KDE 3.2

2004-02-19 Thread Andrew Schulman
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, but I want to be sure first that it will work with KDE 3.2.