Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)

1998-12-19 Thread ferret
Hm. The first time I tried to install I was #4 to download. It installed but wouldn't correctly run. It would complain about missing some file that it copied into one of its directories. Sorry, don't remember for sure which one. And then I tried to reinstall. I also upped my kernel from 2.0.34

Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)

1998-12-18 Thread virtanen
On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > In netscape something popped up and disappeared so fast I was unable to > read it. I kept trying and eventually got there. I assume it was a > message saying that the maximum number of users had been reached. The > site must be VERY busy as I'm getting

Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere!

1998-12-18 Thread Kenneth Scharf
Now what we need is a debian installer package for this just like the one for netscape or star office. Something that will set up the menu system, environmental variables, paths etc (I ended up with /usr/local/bin/wpbin/) _ DO YOU YAHOO!?

Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)

1998-12-18 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
kenneth collaborated, >> The runme asks if you've untarred things, and decides there's nothign >> new to do if you say yes. If you say no, it untars, but still doesn't >> do anything. The executables end up in ./linux/bin >> I assume there's some option i'm missing to figure out to tell it t

Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)

1998-12-18 Thread Kenneth Scharf
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 13:09:36 -0600 From: "Richard E. Hawkins Esq." > Only problem now is that both the sites are full, 1000 user on > Download.com and 3600 on ftp.cdrom. You may want to wait a few > hours (weeks) until the rush quitens down... > If anyone manages to get it

Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)

1998-12-18 Thread Gary Singleton
For me somewhere between downloading the files on an NT system, burning them to CD over the network on a '95 system and then copying them to my Debian system the filenames became all caps. I had to rename all the files to lowercase i.e. GUI00 to gui00 (after they were gunzipped). Then I tar -xvf

Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)

1998-12-18 Thread debian
Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd) >On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, virtanen wrote: > >> I tried to dowload it as well, but no success. Nothing happens, when I hit >> the dowload button. it is tellinf that are two downloads. > >In netscape something popped up and disappeared

Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)

1998-12-17 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
peter piped, > I got it, installed it, and it's quite nice. The installer wasn't exactly > intuitive, but everything went in without a hitch. I downloaded it all in > one piece (the 23 meg bad boy), and untarred it. and that was the problem. IN spite of the claim above the link, it gave me

Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)

1998-12-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, virtanen wrote: > I tried to dowload it as well, but no success. Nothing happens, when I hit > the dowload button. it is tellinf that are two downloads. In netscape something popped up and disappeared so fast I was unable to read it. I kept trying and eventually got there

Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)

1998-12-17 Thread Peter Kovacs
On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > Only problem now is that both the sites are full, 1000 user on > > Download.com and 3600 on ftp.cdrom. You may want to wait a few > > hours (weeks) until the rush quitens down... > > > If anyone manages to get it I would be interested (alon

Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)

1998-12-17 Thread virtanen
> I've got it, but I haven't figured out quite how to install it. > un-tgz'ing produces a handful of directories, a Readme, and a Runme. > > The Readme says to untar and ungzip everything, then run the Runme > > The runme asks if you've untarred things, and decides there's nothign > new to d

Re: Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux ishere! (fwd)

1998-12-17 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
> Only problem now is that both the sites are full, 1000 user on > Download.com and 3600 on ftp.cdrom. You may want to wait a few > hours (weeks) until the rush quitens down... > If anyone manages to get it I would be interested (along with a > number of other debian users) as to how good it is.