Re: Abiword with Linspire

David Gonterman wrote:
>
> I'm using Linspire and want to get the latest version of Abi Word. I
> can run the package file very well without anyone's assistance, and I
> can CNR some of the packages Abi Word needs to install, but I am stuck
> on getting Enchant. For the lack of a screencap, here is what the
> install program says:
>
> X Checking for Enchant is a cross-platform abstract layer to
> spellchecking ... failed
>
> Error: Could not find 'Enchant is a cross-platform abstract layer to
> spellchecking'. Try using the native package manager for Debian
> (apt-get) to install a package with similar name to 'enchant'.
>
> Error: Unable to prepare package AbiWord Word Processor
>
> I was about to CNR libenchant, and I have it in my usr/lib directory,
> but the install program still cant see it. Any quick fixes that won't
> blow up my computer will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
You need to install the -dev packages to compile from scratch, as you
appear to be attempting. I would recommend rather removing your current
version of AbiWord and installing the AutoPackage from www.abisource.com
if you can (if you are on x86), since it takes care of all dependency
and configuration problems for you. If you really want to compile
yourself, though, the -dev packages (should be in apt-get or Synaptic,
if not in CNR) will be needed. At least on Debian, a "sudo apt-get
build-dep abiword-gnome" (or just plain abiword) should get everything
you need to compile.

Hope this helps!

Ryan

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