On 1/29/24 11:09, Danijel Makivic wrote:
thank you for your quick response. I will give it a try.
Is there a way to upgrade my current version to a newer one where xml
mind works safely on Linux without a lot of fiddling around?
Simple answer: newest version should work fine on your Ubuntu computer.
(XMLmind XML Editor is entirely developed on Linux boxes and then tested
on Windows and on macOS.)
This being said, if your XMLmind XML Editor is really ancient, you may
face compatibility problems with some modular DocBook documents and/or
with add-ons developed by third-party programmers.
Which exact version of XMLmind XML Editor were you using on your Windows
computer?
Do you need add-ons developed by third-party programmers? Which add-ons?
On 26.01.24 17:39, Hussein Shafie wrote:
On 1/26/24 11:55, Danijel Makivic wrote:
I have an old xml-mind version (approx. 7 years old ) for Windows and
would like to switch to a ubuntu (kubuntu) version. Is there a way to
do so?
Please let me know, what I have to do.
You could try this:
1) Copy the Windows folder containing XMLmind XML Editor. This folder
should be %APPDATA%\XMLmind\XMLEditor<MAJOR_VERSION_HERE>\
(Example: C:\Users\Danijel\AppData\Roaming\XMLmind\XMLEditor8\)
2) Paste copied Windows folder anywhere on your Ubuntu computer. For
example: /opt/XMLEditor<MAJOR_VERSION_HERE>/
3) Make sure a Java runtime is installed on your Ubuntu computer and
that its Java binaries are found in your $PATH.
Oldest version of Java is best. For example, Java SE 8u401 found here:
https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#java8-linux
(Java 8 is super solid and works great on my OpenSuSE Linux box.)
Test this installation by running:
$ java -version
4) Delete folder /opt/XMLEditor<MAJOR_VERSION_HERE>/bin/jre64/ (or is
it /opt/XMLEditor<MAJOR_VERSION_HERE>/bin/jre/ ?) because it contains
useless Windows binaries.
5) Start XMLmind XML Editor by running the following shell script:
$ /opt/XMLEditor<MAJOR_VERSION_HERE>/bin/xxe
Being a very old version tested against very old versions of Java, we
cannot guarantee that XMLmind XML Editor will work flawlessly on your
Ubuntu computer or even that it will work at all.
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