On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 at 9:02pm, Teemu Luojola wrote:
:A couple of years ago Corel gave free downloads of WordPerfect 8.0 for
:linux. I still have the original packet, and I'm trying to install it in
:woody. That is not, however, so simple. WP can only be installed with
:the Runme script provided in the packet, and it requires older libraries
:like libc5 and such. Woody has newer ones, and this results in
:unsuccesful installation.
:
: From a site concerning WP8 installation issues, I read that I should
:(temporarily? Does only installation need these libraries, or are they
:needed in runtime?) copy the older libraries in the place of the newer
:etc. etc., but since I'm not quite sure about how safe it is, I'm trying
:to find another way to install it first.
Don't do that! Install libc5 (apt-get install libc5) which is provided
for older binaries compiled against it.
:- Is it safe to temporarily downgrade the libraries through Debian
:package management system, like apt-get? Is the process like this:
:downgrade libraries, install WP, upgrade libraries again?
That wouldn't work. WP8 is compiled against the older libraries.
You may need some other older libraries, too:
watson:/usr/local/wp8/wpbin# ldd xwp
libXt.so.6 => /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x40012000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x40055000)
libXpm.so.4 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXpm.so.4 (0x400f6000)
libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x40104000)
libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x4010d000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x401cb000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x401d4000)
Then again, the newer versions may be compatible. But I'm sure you need
libc5.
:Has anyone experiences in installing WP8 into a system which normally
:uses libc6 and other newer libraries?
I'm running it on a testing (i.e. post-woody) machine, and ran it happily
with woody before upgrading.
Patrick
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