[Fwd: [CLUE-Cert] [Fwd: [lug] Slackware 7.1 and WPO2000]]
Dennis J Perkins
dperkins2 at uswest.net
Wed Oct 18 19:42:45 MDT 2000
I thought that Slackware finally adopted glibc6 this spring. Since every
other distro uses glibc6, I wonder if the problem is elsewhere? Is it
looking for a non-existent symbolic link that points to the library? I had
this sort of problem with the latest Netscape.
Lynn Danielson wrote:
> 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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