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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

If you got the abiword package from Steven's add-on site for BL2 (which is 
for BL2, not BL3) you type installpkg followed by the name of that package 
(which is a slackware package and ends in .tgz), while in the same 
directory as the package (or else you need to specify its location - for 
instance installpkg /tmp/packagename.tgz).   I don't think this BL2 
package will work with BL3.  

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Will Hatch wrote:

> how do I install abiword?  I downloaded the file.  do I have to use rawrite 
> to write it to a floppy?  I'm lost. -Will
> > 
> > From: Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>
> > Date: 2004/06/22 Tue PM 01:46:59 EDT
> > To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [BL] word processing
> > 
> > Several linux wordprocessors can produce RTF format, which can be imported
> > by WORD.  I have tried Ted (I did not like it, slow and requires a mouse
> > for everything) and another that is buggy.  People say Abiword is good.  
> > Abiword uses wvware to import WORD files.  I use antiword to read WORD
> > files - it can convert to text or ps format.  I compiled it and a few
> > other things for BL2 not BL3.  Since you have the space and memory, you
> > could install BL2 to hard drive and have a larger selection of precompiled
> > programs.  I know Abiword is available at Steven's site, for BL2 - don't
> > know about BL3.
> > 
> > What web browser are you interested in?  There was a lot of discussion
> > about those here a while back.  If you need javascript, I suggest Opera
> > (Opera 7 requires the glibc from Slackware 8.1, and cannot be used with
> > BL3 but can with BL2 if you update glibc to 2.2.5).  Opera 6 works with
> > the BL2 glibc but does not work well (it kept unloading itself in my
> > case).  Try 6.05.  Other people like Mozilla type browsers.
> > 
> > Netscape 3 should work on BL3 but is rather out of date. For BL3, Lynx
> > 2.8.4 (?) is available from SW4.  Links-ssl works - Steven might have a
> > link to it at his add-on page.  There is a static version of links2
> > (graphical) at JP's website which might work for BL3.
> > 
> > You can also use BL3 to telnet to my bbs (www.grex.org) and use lynx 
> > 2.8.4 
> > there for free (at variable connection speeds sometimes as high as 16 
> > K/sec download, about twice a 56K modem connection).  No graphics.  Or 
> > try 
> > sdf.lonestar.org for something similar (pay $1).  
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Will Hatch wrote:
> > 
> > > Thanks for the advice on installing to hard drive everyone.  I have BL3
> > > running on my Dell optiplex GN+. My next step, install a better word
> > > processor.  Is there one that works with BL3 that is word compatible? I
> > > am a teacher and would love to set up a small network that has word
> > > processing, and a web browser, and nothing else!  Thanks. -Will
> > > 
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