[CLUE-Cert] [Fwd: [lug] Slackware 7.1 and WPO2000]

Lynn Danielson lynnd at techangle.com
Wed Oct 18 09:33:08 MDT 2000


The article might be of interest to the group given our current
focus on Slackware.  I'll try installing WP Office this weekend
and let you know if I have the same results.

Slackware was(is?) one of the last holdouts to switch to glibc.
Even though they were including glibc, the core binaries were 
still compiled with libc5.  I believe their argument was that
glibc had not been thoroughly tested and that libc5's stability
was proven.

Does anyone know if this is still the case and if not how long
ago Slackware changed?

Lynn

B O'Fallon wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Has anyone gotten WP Office 2000 to run under Slackware 7.0/7.1?
> 
> Apparently, from the WP newsgroups, there have been some problems with
> it, for which there are some solutions, none of which work for me.
> 
> The first problem is if the installation program is run is that it does
> not recognise the Slackware glibc6 libraries as being version glib6.
> This supposedly can be fixed by setting the variable LC_AL=en.
> This did not help with the installation, but it did remove the
> error message.
> 
> Someone has written a script file (below) to do the installation
> manually.
> It also did not work, giving with multiple errors about failed
> dependencies among files like /bin/sh, lib.so.6 files, etc.
> 
> (BTW, this script file is supposed to work with SuSE 6.2/6.3,
> which also has installation problems. One would think that Corel would
> have
> at least tested it with SuSE, since they are the best selling
> flavor in Europe).
> 
> My installation of 7.1 is a new, "stock" installation without
> modification and
> has the kernel code and development packages on it and is using gcc 2-95
> or egcs 1.7.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanx.
> 
> B. O'Fallon
> 
> -----------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # Install script for Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 for RPM-based
> # systems.
> 
> # Ask user the path to the CD-ROM
> echo "Enter the location where the installation CD is mounted"
> echo -n "(e.g. /mnt/cdrom): "
> read CDPATH
> 
> RPMPATH=$CDPATH/dists/redhat/i386
> 
> # Make sure CD appears to be there
> if [ ! -d "$RPMPATH" ]
> then
>   echo "Unable to find RPM directory on CD. Check that the CD is mounted
> and"
>   echo "the correct path was specified and run the script again."
>   exit 1
> fi
> 
> # Determine whether Standard or Deluxe edition
> if [ -f $RPMPATH/wpo2000-full-dlx-*.rpm ]
> then
>   EDITION=deluxe
> else
>   EDITION=standard
> fi
> 
> # Determine whether system uses glibc 2.0 or 2.1
> if [ -f /lib/libc.so.6 ]
> then
>   GLIBC=`strings /lib/libc.so.6 | grep "GNU C Library" | awk '{print
> $7}' | cut -c 1-3`
>   if [ $GLIBC != "2.0" -a $GLIBC != "2.1" ]
>   then
>     echo "Glibc version $GLIBC not supported.  Only Glibc 2.0 and 2.1
> are supported."
>     exit 1
>   fi
> else
>   echo "Library file /lib/libc.so.6 not found. Unable to determine C
> library version."
>   exit 1
> fi
> 
> # Ask whether to install minimal or full
> echo "Select install option:"
> echo "1 - Full install"
> echo "2 - Minimal install"
> read ANS
> if [ "$ANS" = "1" ]
> then
>   INSTALL=full
> elif [ "$ANS" = "2" ]
> then
>   INSTALL=minimal
> else
>   echo "Invalid selection, run the script again."
>   exit 1
> fi
> 
> # Ask user to confirm choices
> echo "Doing $INSTALL install of WordPerfect Office 2000 $EDITION edition
> for glibc $GLIBC"
> echo "Press <Enter> to proceed or <Ctrl>-C to cancel install."
> read ANS
> 
> # Full install
> if [ "$INSTALL" = "full" ]
> then
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wine-wpo2000-glibc-${GLIBC}-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-fonts-core-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/fonttastic-glibc-${GLIBC}-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/libaps-1*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-icons-minimal-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-wordperfect-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-macros-wordperfect-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-quattropro-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-macros-quattropro-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-minimal-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-show-on-the-go-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-icons-full-std-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-corelcentral-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-presentations-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-macros-presentations-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-utilities-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-macros-utilities-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-full-std-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-minimal-2000*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-full-2000*.rpm
>   if [ "$EDITION" = "deluxe" ]
>   then
>     rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-icons-full-dlx-*.rpm
>     rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-paradox-*.rpm
>     rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-macros-paradox-*.rpm
>     rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-full-dlx-*.rpm
>     rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-full-dlx-*.rpm
>   else
>     rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-full-std-*.rpm
>   fi
> fi
> 
> # Minimal install
> if [ "$INSTALL" = "minimal" ]
> then
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wine-wpo2000-glibc-${GLIBC}-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-fonts-core-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/fonttastic-glibc-${GLIBC}-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/libaps-1*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-icons-minimal-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-wordperfect-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-macros-wordperfect-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-quattropro-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-macros-quattropro-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-minimal-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-help-utilities-*.rpm
>   rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-minimal-2000*.rpm
>   if [ "$EDITION" = "deluxe" ]
>   then
>     rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-minimal-dlx-*.rpm
>   else
>     rpm -Uvh $RPMPATH/wpo2000-minimal-std-*.rpm
>   fi
> fi
> 
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