From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 20 6:22:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail3.ucles.org.uk (mail3.ucles.org.uk [192.149.119.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD94337B417 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 06:22:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail3.ucles.org.uk (unverified) by mail3.ucles.org.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.2.5) with ESMTP id ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:18:57 +0000 Received: by forest.nrl.navy.mil with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:18:57 -0000 Message-ID: <0B0368CED76DD4118E1200D0B73E9B5D041E9F6F@MAIL1> From: Mike Dewhirst To: 'Dale Morris' Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: abiword install? Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:19:43 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C1D01A.47944130" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1D01A.47944130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > How's the easiest way to get abiword installed. I've upgraded my ports > collection and the only abiword there is /usr/ports/chinese/abiword. I > searched the ports collection and find the latest release, > downloaded it > to /usr/local and tar zxvf [abi], gmake (install commands); > it installs > but I can't run it from the command line. > > > what am I doing wrong? It's an X application. Install Xfree86 and a Windows-like manager, e.g. KDE, Gnome, etc) and run it form there. hope this helps, Mike This message was written in plain text mode. Everything below the dotted line was not written by the author of this email. ---------------------- =********************************************************** If you are not the intended recipient, employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this communication and its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication and its attachments in error, please return the original message and attachments to the sender using the reply facility on e-mail. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the UCLES Group does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the UCLES Group unless otherwise specifically stated. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses although this does not guarantee that this email is virus free. **********************************************************= ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1D01A.47944130 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" RE: abiword install?

> How's the easiest way to get abiword installed. I've upgraded my ports
> collection and the only abiword there is /usr/ports/chinese/abiword. I
> searched the ports collection and find the latest release,
> downloaded it
> to /usr/local and tar zxvf [abi], gmake (install commands);
> it installs
> but I can't run it from the command line.
>
>
> what am I doing wrong?

It's an X application. Install Xfree86 and a Windows-like manager, e.g. KDE, Gnome, etc) and run it form there.

hope this helps,

Mike


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