Re: WordPerfect 8.0 (Installation)

2006-02-10 Thread steef
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Re: WordPerfect 8.0 (Installation)

2006-02-09 Thread Ken Heard
Inspired by the comments and suggestions made by several people on the list, and by Rick Moen's article "WordPerfect on Linux FAQ" (http://linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/), I was able to install the version of WP8 I had inquired in 2000. Essentially what I did was to use the Debian equivs package to cr

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 (installation)

2005-12-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 03:53:58AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Ken Heard wrote: > >Herewith is the latest update on my attempts to install WordPerfect > >8.0 on my Debian 'sarge' GNU/linux distribution. > > > Debian _is_ about choice. Corel isn&

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 (installation)

2005-12-16 Thread Almut Behrens
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 06:04:59PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > So it would appear that packages xlibs and xlibs-data supercede > xlib6g. In fact, the properties list of xlibs_4.3.0dfsg.1-14sarge1 says > that it replaces xlib6g(<< 4.0). The xlib6g I was trying to install was > 3.3.5-1.0.

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 (installation)

2005-12-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ken Heard wrote: Herewith is the latest update on my attempts to install WordPerfect 8.0 on my Debian 'sarge' GNU/linux distribution. There is now another possible option: WINE. Now that a beta version of WINE is out, I may be able to install WP 12 using it. Good lu

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 (installation)

2005-12-15 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 06:04:59PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > Herewith is the latest update on my attempts to install WordPerfect > 8.0 on my Debian 'sarge' GNU/linux distribution. ... > It is very much of a disappointment that I cannot seem to be able to &g

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 (installation)

2005-12-15 Thread Ken Heard
Herewith is the latest update on my attempts to install WordPerfect 8.0 on my Debian 'sarge' GNU/linux distribution. First, I discovered that in my original post of 17 November 2005, I gave the wrong paths for the files which would be installed by xlib6g. I only discovered my mist

RE: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-24 Thread arlen
27;s own > vintage of wine.) > > I am a Word Perfect diehard. Consequently, in 2000, as part of my > conversion to Linux, I acquired Corel WordPerfect 8.0. However, am only > now trying to defenistrate myself and take up Linux by means of Debian > Sarge. > >

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful

2005-11-20 Thread John Hasler
James Vahn writes: > Novell, SuSE, TrollTech (KDE's Qt), SCO, Caldera. They (and more) are > all tied together though the Canopy Group. Canopy has never had any influence over Novell. Canopy once had a small interest in Troll Tech. They sold it quite a while ago. Canopy fired Yarro and severed

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful

2005-11-20 Thread James Vahn
Marc Shapiro wrote: > Caldera purchased some of the assets of SCO, including the SCO name. Novell, SuSE, TrollTech (KDE's Qt), SCO, Caldera. They (and more) are all tied together though the Canopy Group. I wouldn't be suprised to see Corel as another one. > SCO then renamed itself Tarantella. > C

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-19 Thread Almut Behrens
(having nothing to contribute to that Corel/SCO/whoever issue, I'll try to answer the original question...;) On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 06:33:25PM +, Ken Heard wrote: > (...) > Debian being Debian, surely there is a way to install xlib6g without > having to remove all 175 of those other pa

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-19 Thread Steve Lamb
Almut Behrens wrote: > On the positive side is, though, > that when the next vim vs. emacs thread comes up (and I have no clear > preference as to those two), I can simply lean back, relax and watch > them argue from the distance ;) Ha, I could never approach that level of editor zen. Several

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful

2005-11-19 Thread Greg Madden
to the the only two responses elicited by > > > my request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained > > > suggestions as to how to solve my problem -- those from Kent West > > > and Patrick Wiseman. > > > > WordPerfect is conside

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful

2005-11-19 Thread Marc Shapiro
Paul Johnson wrote: Patrick Wiseman wrote: On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ken Heard wrote: Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained suggestions as to how to solve my p

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful

2005-11-19 Thread John Hasler
Patrick writes: > I can find no evidence that SCO owns Corel. The SCO Group (formerly Caldera), the company that now calls itself SCO, owns neither Corel nor WordPerfect. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful

2005-11-19 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Patrick Wiseman wrote:> On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>>>> Ken Heard wrote:>>>> > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my >> > request for

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful

2005-11-19 Thread Paul Johnson
Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Ken Heard wrote: >> >> > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my >> > request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained &

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful

2005-11-19 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Patrick Wiseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 19 18:39 -0600]: >On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ken Heard wrote: > > > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my > > request for help

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful

2005-11-19 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ken Heard wrote:> Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my> request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained> suggestions as to how to solve my problem -- those from Kent Wes

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful

2005-11-19 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 19 17:58 -0600]: > Ken Heard wrote: > > > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my > > request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained > > suggestions as to how to solve my probl

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful

2005-11-19 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:10:43 -0800 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ken Heard wrote: > > > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by > > my request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained > > suggestions as to how to

WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful

2005-11-19 Thread Paul Johnson
Ken Heard wrote: > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my > request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained > suggestions as to how to solve my problem -- those from Kent West and > Patrick Wiseman. WordPerfect is considered harmful

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-19 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 11/19/05, Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:     I was curious about the need to install xlib6, because the wpx-freepackage, which is WordPerfect 8.0, depends not on it but on xlib6g.However, I discovered that the book with which the Corel Linux CDROM I have was shipped -- Corel Li

WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-19 Thread Ken Heard
Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained suggestions as to how to solve my problem -- those from Kent West and Patrick Wiseman. First, Mr. West suggested I run "dpkg -i xlib6g.deb". I h

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-19 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Almut Behrens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 19 08:55 -0600]: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 07:58:00AM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > If you want Reveal Codes, you could always edit the XML in Vim... > > > > Ugggh! I'll use FTE instead. ;-) > > Heh! another fte user -- unbelievable :) > > (Tha

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-19 Thread Almut Behrens
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 07:58:00AM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > If you want Reveal Codes, you could always edit the XML in Vim... > > Ugggh! I'll use FTE instead. ;-) Heh! another fte user -- unbelievable :) (That's my secret love, too, but so far I got the impression I'm the only one in th

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-19 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 18 23:37 -0600]: > On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 18:49 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > * Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 18 13:24 -0600]: > > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:02:47AM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > > > > > > I won't give you any arguments. I

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 18:49 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 18 13:24 -0600]: > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:02:47AM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > > > > I won't give you any arguments. If it is the software that you like and > > > not a need for the format

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-18 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 18 13:24 -0600]: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:02:47AM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > > I won't give you any arguments. If it is the software that you like and > > not a need for the format, then that is your choice and your right. > > That's what linux

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-18 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:02:47AM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I won't give you any arguments. If it is the software that you like and > not a need for the format, then that is your choice and your right. > That's what linux is all about -- choice! I will also admit that the > reveal codes o

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-18 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:47:47AM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > I don't use WP8 for its file format! I use it because it remains the best > word processor out there, especially because of its "Reveal Codes" function > which no other word processor does as well, that I've seen anyway. And if

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
Patrick Wiseman wrote: I don't use WP8 for its file format! I use it because it remains the best word processor out there, especially because of its "Reveal Codes" function which no other word processor does as well, that I've seen anyway. And if OO.o2 is anything like OO.o, it's bloatware.

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-18 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 11/18/05, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Even before I noticed that my WP* was broken, however, I was thinking of removing it since there is another option if you have a fast internetconnection.  Openoffice.org2 now handles WordPerfect files.  I tried iton a document that I got from so

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-17 Thread Marc Shapiro
rough Corel's own vintage of wine.) I am a Word Perfect diehard. Consequently, in 2000, as part of my conversion to Linux, I acquired Corel WordPerfect 8.0. However, am only now trying to defenistrate myself and take up Linux by means of Debian Sarge. I have the Corel CDROM which

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 18:33 +, Ken Heard wrote: > Those of you who go back to before the earth's crust hardened, may > remember Corel WordPrefect 8.0 (and 8.1). WP 8.0 was released by Corel > about 2000. It (and 8.1) were the only versions of WP which were native > to Linux. (WP 10

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-17 Thread Nate Bargmann
I recall WP 8.0 as I had it installed way back when. But then I go back to WP 5.1 on DOS way back when the Earth had no form and was void--1990 to mid-1996 when I made a wrong turn and swerved into MS Word 6.0. Before that I used VIP Writer on my TRS-80 CoCo 2. Somewhere in 2000 (I think) I downl

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-17 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 11/17/05, Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:     I have the Corel CDROM which has on it the WP 8.0. .deb package. Thereis however a dependency problem on which I would like some advice. You might find my page at http://ul451.gsu.edu/~pwiseman/WP8_and_Debian_GNU_Linux.html useful. Patrick

Re: WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-17 Thread Kent West
Ken Heard wrote: I have the Corel CDROM which has on it the WP 8.0. .deb package. There is however a dependency problem on which I would like some advice. The WP 8.0 package depends on only two other packages, libc5 and xlib6g. The former is still available from the Debian archive; s

WordPerfect 8.0

2005-11-17 Thread Ken Heard
vintage of wine.) I am a Word Perfect diehard. Consequently, in 2000, as part of my conversion to Linux, I acquired Corel WordPerfect 8.0. However, am only now trying to defenistrate myself and take up Linux by means of Debian Sarge. I have the Corel CDROM which has on it the WP 8.0. .d

Re: Installing WordPerfect 8.0 in woody

2003-04-03 Thread Peter Christensen
from TL: > 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 Was this http://linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/? I followed the instructions her

Re: Installing WordPerfect 8.0 in woody

2003-04-03 Thread JS Bangs
> > Has anyone experiences in installing WP8 into a system which normally > > uses libc6 and other newer libraries? > > > > Teemu Luojola > > I run WP8 that came with Corel Linux so it is a .deb package. Woody has all > the depends for WP8, libc5, type1inst if you have the fonts, and a couple > mor

Re: Installing WordPerfect 8.0 in woody

2003-04-03 Thread Patrick Wiseman
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 pro

Re: Installing WordPerfect 8.0 in woody

2003-04-03 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 03 April 2003 09:02 am, 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,

Installing WordPerfect 8.0 in woody

2003-04-03 Thread Teemu Luojola
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

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 or WordPerfect Office 2000

2002-11-11 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 01:04:20AM +1300, Haralambos Geortgilakis wrote: > anyone hereabouts have joy getting either or both of these old beasts of > verbal burden up & running on Debian 3.0? Install the 'wperfect' package. It's only job is to depend on the old old libraries needed to run WordPe

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 or WordPerfect Office 2000

2002-11-10 Thread Haralambos Geortgilakis
Hi All & Karsten, who responded to my call for help. Thanx guys :-) H :-) "Our products just aren't engineered for security."-- Brian Valentine, senior vice president in charge of Microsoft's Windows development team -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 or WordPerfect Office 2000

2002-11-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Nov 11, 2002, Haralambos Geortgilakis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Hi All, > > anyone hereabouts have joy getting either or both of these old beasts of > verbal burden up & running on Debian 3.0? > > If so, any trix for one new to Debian & whose old Tux trix fail Possibly at R

Re: WordPerfect 8.0 or WordPerfect Office 2000

2002-11-10 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 at 1:04am, Haralambos Geortgilakis wrote: :anyone hereabouts have joy getting either or both of these old beasts of :verbal burden up & running on Debian 3.0? I have both running on a Woody box, but without some clue as to what your problems might be, I can't help much, excep

WordPerfect 8.0 or WordPerfect Office 2000

2002-11-10 Thread Haralambos Geortgilakis
Hi All, anyone hereabouts have joy getting either or both of these old beasts of verbal burden up & running on Debian 3.0? If so, any trix for one new to Debian & whose old Tux trix fail *BFN* H :-) "It is a custom carbon fiber bodied ferrari GTO with a one-of-a-kind billet aluminum

Re: Wordperfect 8.0?

2000-12-28 Thread cjm2
Andre & Bob: As you both advised, the problem turned out to be a missing xpm4.7 -- Wordperfect now works fine after adding this. Thanks, Colin Andre Berger wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Hi: > > > > Sorry if this has been addressed before, I didn't find it in the > > archives... >

Re: Wordperfect 8.0?

2000-12-28 Thread Andre Berger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi: > > Sorry if this has been addressed before, I didn't find it in the > archives... > > What additional packages are required for Corel Wordperfect 8 to install > and run on potato? During installation, the Corel installer reports 2 > segmentation faults, too quic

Re: Wordperfect 8.0?

2000-12-28 Thread cjm2
Bob Nielsen wrote: > I have version 8.1-12 (from the Corel Linux CD) and > 'apt-cache show wp-full' indicates: > > Depends: libc5 (>= 5.4.0-0), libc6, xlib6g, type1inst > > As I recall, the downloadable (non-.deb) version of 8.0 requires libc5, > xlib6 and xpm4.7. > > hth, > Bob > Thanks, Bob, I'

Re: Wordperfect 8.0?

2000-12-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
I have version 8.1-12 (from the Corel Linux CD) and 'apt-cache show wp-full' indicates: Depends: libc5 (>= 5.4.0-0), libc6, xlib6g, type1inst As I recall, the downloadable (non-.deb) version of 8.0 requires libc5, xlib6 and xpm4.7. hth, Bob On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 06:00:26AM -0800, [EMAIL PRO

Wordperfect 8.0?

2000-12-28 Thread cjm2
Hi: Sorry if this has been addressed before, I didn't find it in the archives... What additional packages are required for Corel Wordperfect 8 to install and run on potato? During installation, the Corel installer reports 2 segmentation faults, too quickly for me to read, and then defaults to th

Re: Wordperfect 8.0 install

1999-02-02 Thread virtanen
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Brian Morgan wrote: > > > Could someone walk me through how to install the new wp8 suite? I've > > downloaded the guilg00.gz file, and now I'm not sure what to do. I tried > > installing this on another machine before, with no

Re: Wordperfect 8.0 install

1999-02-01 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Brian Morgan wrote: > Could someone walk me through how to install the new wp8 suite? I've > downloaded the guilg00.gz file, and now I'm not sure what to do. I tried > installing this on another machine before, with no luck. I seem to remember > a flood of questions about th

Wordperfect 8.0 install

1999-02-01 Thread Brian Morgan
Could someone walk me through how to install the new wp8 suite? I've downloaded the guilg00.gz file, and now I'm not sure what to do. I tried installing this on another machine before, with no luck. I seem to remember a flood of questions about the wp install script and problems it was having ea