AbiWord is a word processor which is useful for writing reports, letters and other formatted documents.
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It has been reported that, depending on the desktop enviroment and on the theme settings, the window where Abiword is running may flicker. This is known uptream, but no fix seems to be available yet.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.3 platform.
Download (HTTP): http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/3.0.2/source/abiword-3.0.2.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: cda6dd58c747c133b421cc7eb18f5796
Download size: 11 MB
Estimated disk space required: 626 MB, additional 12 MB for docs (73 MB installed - additional 3.1 MB for docs)
Estimated build time: 6.5 SBU - additional 0.5 SBU for docs
AbiWord Docs: http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/3.0.2/source/abiword-docs-3.0.2.tar.gz
AbiWord Docs MD5 sum: c92c0e1e2081db20757231a53d80c338
AbiWord Docs size: 1.5 MB
Required patch (fixes GTK+-3.22.x rendering): http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/8.3/abiword-3.0.2-gtk3_22_render_fix-1.patch
Boost-1.68.0, FriBidi-1.0.5, GOffice-0.10.43, and wv-1.2.9
dbus-glib-0.110, gobject-introspection-1.56.1, libgcrypt-1.8.3, libical-3.0.4, libsoup-2.62.3, Redland-1.0.17, Valgrind-3.13.0. Aiksaurus, evolution-data-server-3.28.5, GtkMathView, libchamplain-0.12.16, libwmf, libwpd, libwpg, libwps, Link Grammar Parser, Loudmouth, telepathy-glib-0.24.1, OTS, and Psiconv
To enable many of the optional dependencies, review the information from ./configure --help for the necessary switches you must pass to the configure script.
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/abiword
Install AbiWord by running the following commands:
patch -Np1 -i ../abiword-3.0.2-gtk3_22_render_fix-1.patch &&
sed -e "s/free_suggestions/free_string_list/" \
-e "s/_to_personal//" \
-e "s/in_session/added/" \
-i src/af/xap/xp/enchant_checker.cpp &&
sed -e "/icaltime_from_timet/{s/timet/&_with_zone/;s/0/0, 0/}" \
-i src/text/ptbl/xp/pd_DocumentRDF.cpp &&
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make
This program does not come with a functional test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
In order to install the local help files, a graphics session is recommended.
If you wish to install the local help files, untar and build them first:
tar -xf ../abiword-docs-3.0.2.tar.gz && cd abiword-docs-3.0.1 && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make
and then, as the root user:
make install
sed ...: These commands correct the source for changes in dependencies enchant-2.2.3 and libical-3.0.4.
--without-evolution-data-server: This
switch disables AbiWord
Evolution Data Server support
which is known to fail when using recent versions of Evolution Data Server.
--enable-plugins="collab openxml goffice
grammar": Build some or all plugins. The openxml plugin
enables Abiword to open some .docx
files. The grammar plugin requires Link Grammar
Parser
Choose the right template for your language and locale from the list produced by the following command:
ls /usr/share/abiword-3.0/templates
Create the folder ~/.AbiSuite/templates then copy the
normal.awt you want into it:
install -v -m750 -d ~/.AbiSuite/templates &&
install -v -m640 /usr/share/abiword-3.0/templates/normal.awt-<lang> \
~/.AbiSuite/templates/normal.awt
Change <lang> by
the above command to fit the name of the file you want.
If you are using multiple languages, you may need to edit the template to use a font with greater coverage (e.g. one of the Dejavu fonts, because Abiword does not use fontconfig and can only display glyphs that are provided in the chosen font.
If you have desktop-file-utils-0.23 installed, you should run the update-desktop-database command to update the mimeinfo cache and allow the Help system to work.
If you have xdg-utils-1.1.3 installed, you should run the xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor command, for the installed icon to be displayed in the menu item.
Last updated on 2018-08-26 16:26:34 -0700